Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Dec 16th’s Shakesfilm: To Be or Not To Be

  This year the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies begins a Shakespeare on Film series at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. All films are free and open to the public. We’ve scheduled a range of films, some you’ve no doubt seen and loved, others you’ve not. Next up is To Be or NotContinue reading “Dec 16th’s Shakesfilm: To Be or Not To Be”

10 Things I Love About This Film

Here’s what Dr. Natalie Loper had to say about 10 Things I Hate About You, the first film in the Strode series this fall. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 10 Things I Hate About You is an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, which is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies and remainsContinue reading “10 Things I Love About This Film”

Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text

The spring semester is winding down, and it’s time for me to recap IF’s recent work. February’s reading of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Deborah Parker, was a complete success: great performances, great adaptation, great audience. February’s snowpocalypse and subsequent school cancelations forced us to move the show back by two weeks, however, and alsoContinue reading “Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text”

April 14th, Hudson Strode presents *Caesar Must Die*

Hudson Strode presents Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s *Caesar Must Die* (2012) on April 14th, 2014 at the Bama Theatre. The film is set in a prison in Rome, where inmates rehearse for a prison performance of Shakespeare’s *Julius Caesar.* The screening is free and open to the public. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177511/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Must_Die

Merchant of Vegas

Merchant of Venice Royal Shakespeare Company June 28, 2011, 7:15pm Before the show began, the woman next to me (a British schoolteacher) leaned over and said, “We came because we heard it was controversial.” Her husband smiled dutifully. Rupert Goold’s Merchant of Venice is set in a raucous Las Vegas, complete with card tables, badContinue reading “Merchant of Vegas”

Mark Me

Staging Hamlet for Improbable Fictions posed a problem: how do you depict the ghost of Hamlet’s father?  Special effects often fall flat at this moment: various combinations of white sheets, eerie green lights, and zombie makeup.  And certainly, the special effects budget of an IF production totals about $0.00.  I trust our audiences to haveContinue reading “Mark Me”

*Love’s Labour’s Lost,* a recap.

To the cast and crew of Love’s Labour’s Lost: bravo!  It’s amazing just how well 400-year-old comedy ages.  I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard watching Shakespeare since…okay, maybe never.  And the show also received some major publicity: it showed up in the Crimson White (here), on the front page of UA’s website last week, andContinue reading “*Love’s Labour’s Lost,* a recap.”

ShakesFilm: Branagh’s *Love’s Labour’s Lost*

Join us on Sunday, January 31st at 7:00pm for Kenneth Branagh’s 2000 Love’s Labour’s Lost.  I have a feeling this film is worth seeing if only for Branagh’s mustache.  We’re screening the film in Morgan 301, UA campus. Free and open to the public. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182295/