Shakespeare - as you like it.
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"To be or not to be... that is the QUESTION?"
When some of the world's finest actors struggled with how best to deliver Hamlet's immortal line, a surprise star had the final word.
Watch Gregory Doran Remembers... Shakespeare Live! on @BBCiPlayer.
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☠️ How would you survive on The Traitors? Watch these six classic strategies from Shakespeare plays on @BBCiPlayer and learn from the very best. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
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"Who would these fardels bear?" 🤔
Billy Howle as Hamlet ponders some of life's biggest questions in this bold adaptation of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.
Watch Hamlet from Bristol Old Vic on @BBCiPlayer.
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Lies, betrayal and poison... #TheTraitors has all the drama and skulduggery of Shakespeare. Meet the original traitors and learn the secrets of how to survive. #TheTraitorsUK
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Some of drama’s biggest names share stories and insights from their starring roles in Shakespeare bbc.in/3ML7DJ1
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"You run for government in poetry but you govern in prose."
Former prime minister Gordon Brown hails the timeless political lessons of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Watch Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius on @BBCiPlayer. #BBCShakespeare
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"Michael, I'm only kidding!"
Steven Berkoff looks back at Hamlet at Elsinore, the 1964 BBC production that featured rising stars such as Christopher Plummer and Michael Caine.
Watch Steven Berkoff Remembers... Hamlet at Elsinore on @BBCiPlayer.
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With Hamlet, Shakespeare writes not about what a character does, but how he feels.
Brian Cox, Lucy Jago, Jessie Buckley and Adrian Lester reflect on Shakespeare's radical revenge tragedy.
Watch Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius on @BBCiPlayer. #bbcshakespeare
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"You have to go out and shut the door..."
Dame Judi Dench won't be happy if you ever mention the true name of the 'Scottish Play' in her theatre.
Watch This Cultural Life on @BBCiPlayer or listen on @BBCSounds. #bbcshakespeare
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"It's very, very personal." 👑
Brian Cox hails the greatness of King Lear, "the older man's play".
Watch Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius now on @BBCiPlayer. #bbcshakespeare
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🎭 ‘The past is prologue’.
What makes a Shakespearean actor truly great? Generation-spanning performances from Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Hugh Quarshie, Judi Dench and Patrick Stewart.
📺 Shakespeare season on @BBCiPlayer #bbcshakespeare
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9 Nov 2023
How did a glover’s son from the Midlands become the greatest writer who ever lived? 🎭
Watch Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius now on @BBCiPlayer. #bbcshakespeare
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7 Nov 2023
“All this the world well knows, yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.”
@RoseAylingEllis stars in Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story. Watch it now on @BBCiPlayer. #BBCShakespeare
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“I've got into terrible trouble for laughing.” 🤣
Dami Judi Dench tells @JohnWilson14 about getting the giggles at the worst possible time on stage.
Watch This Cultural Life on @BBCiPlayer or listen on @BBCSounds. #bbcshakespeare
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19 Oct 2023
"Bless thee, Bottom! Thou art translated!"
Russell T Davies' bold adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream features a stellar cast including Maxine Peake, Matt Lucas and John Hannah.
📺 Watch it now on @BBCiPlayer. #bbcshakespeare
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"It felt very vibrant and alive."
David Tennant recalls how it felt to play Hamlet and hold aloft a real skull bequeathed to @TheRSC.
Watch David Tennant Remembers... Hamlet on @BBCiPlayer.
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Naughty, tender, transgressive and surprising, you won't want to miss this...
"Those kissing cherries, tempting grow!"
Ncuti Gatwa, aka the new Doctor Who, stars as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's Globe.
Fusing music, dance and rich comedy, this tale of love and magic is on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer at 8pm on Sunday.
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