British stage and screen legend Laurence Olivier had always hoped to produce his own film version of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Now, decades... The Scottish Play (The Olivier Way) Laurence Olivier ...

The movies have produced one of their rare great works of art. When Laurence Olivier’s magnificent screen production of Shakespeare’s Henry V was first disclosed to a group of Oxford’s impassive ...

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The film explores the Elizabethan theater, focusing on Shakespeare's Globe Theater and its significance in London during his time. It discusses the limitations and conventions of the theater, ...

In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting in broad cinematic terms to an epic narrative of Henry V, who had developed from a dissolute ...

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Five professional actors, four of them Arkansas-based, play close to two-score characters in William Shakespeare's "Henry V." The joint production, created by the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre and the ...

Experience the immersive world of Henry V by William Shakespeare at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria, Feb. 15 through March 3, presented by Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA). Tickets are on sale ...