Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY

 
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Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Antony Sher, Kelly Williams, Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham, etc

[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 28 November 2016

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Rated: PG - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993PG Violence

Three of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies are presented here as a 3 disc set.

Rising star Paapa Essiedu gives a stunning performance in Simon Godwin's riveting contemporary take on Hamlet ; Antony Sher leads the way as the proud but fatally flawed monarch in RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran's acclaimed King Lear ; completing the collection is Iqbal Khan's astonishing and groundbreaking production of Othello, featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role and Lucian Msamati as Iago.

Subtitles: EN

Running times: 9 hours 50 minutes approximately.

"... the percussive music of Sola Akingbola makes a vital contribution to a production that makes you feel, even if you are seeing Hamlet for the 50th time, that you are experiencing it anew." (The Guardian ★★★★ Hamlet)

"Iqbal Khan's gripping production has already made history by being the first at Stratford to cast a black actor as Iago. But I had not anticipated how many fascinating ideas such an imaginative piece of casting would provoke. For a start, it reinforces the historic bond between Othello and Iago, and helps to explain the trust the former places in his ensign." The Guardian on Othello

"Antony Sher played a memorable Fool - a red-nosed music hall clown with battered bowler and miniature violin - to Michael Gambon's Lear at the RSC in 1982. Now, many leading roles later, he returns to the tragedy as the main guy in a production by Gregory Doran that unfolds with great clarity and confidence and boldness of gesture. The production is packed with very good performances." The Independent on King Lear

Paapa Essiedu Interview | Hamlet | Royal Shakespeare Company