Here's your chance to have a date with the bard as you watch staged Shakespeare classics on screen all the way from Broadway and their cinematic interpretations
Here's your chance to have a date with the bard as you watch staged Shakespeare classics on screen all the way from Broadway and their cinematic interpretations
This oneu00a0 is for serious addicts of the classic playwright's works. The bard might have left us 400 years ago, but he is still the most revered when it comes to literary classics.
Packaged as a film festival, Shakespeare Told and Retold brings the legend of William Shakespeare alive on a modest screen.
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Planned over a series of weekends through September 18, this is a spectacle meant for both film and theatre enthusiasts.
Brought together by the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bangalore Film Society (BFS) and the British Council, the line-up includes well-respected and celebrated films based on Shakespeare classics from across the world. "The entire film festival was put together in a period of 20 days," says Siddharth P, organiser, BFS.
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"The film festival is unique as it follows a pattern with rare collections of recorded staged versions of Shakespeare plays from Broadway followed by a cinematic version of the same classic.
The films selected to be played after the plays are from across countries and cinematic interpretations," Siddharth adds.
Shakespeare Told and Retold has screened three pairs of play and film versions and has four more in line.
"We have had numerous Shakespeare enthusiasts, even a few good days when the theatre went packed," Siddharth tells us.
Watch out for cult cinematic interpretations of award winning filmmakers like Orson Welles and Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
At National Gallery of Modern Art, 49, Palace Road
Call 2234 2338
Free Entry
Here's what's in store for the next few weekends of Shakespeare, Told and Retold
Othello
BBC Production
Based on an Italian short story and written in the 1600s, the play is a tragedy that holds relevance even in modern times.
Directed by Jonathan Miller
August 21, 3pm, 205 mins
Othello
Directed by Orson Welles
Winner of Palm D'or, Cannes Film Festival 1952, this is a classic version of the play with a black and white theme and casts Welles himself in the Moor's role. With actors from both theatre and screen, the film relives the theatrical version.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
BBC Production
The play, a comedy involves three simultaneous plots and has been the most popular stage version.
Directed by Elijah Moshinsky
August 29, 11.30 am, 116 mins
Hamlet
BBC Production
Directed by Rodney Bennet
A tragedy, the play explores the themes of treachery, incest, revenge and moral corruption.
September 4, 3 pm, 212 mins
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Hamlet Does Business
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
This film is a version of Hamlet set in corporate corridors where a tragedy such as this is turned into a comical farce and almost comes across as humourous. The settings go out to show the relevance of Shakespeare in today's corporate world and its greed.
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Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead
Directed by Tom Stoppard
Winner of Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 1991, directed by the playwright is an original version of the text and brings out the hidden wit in it and creates a new sort of theatre.
September 12, 11.30 am, 117 mins
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The Winter's Tale
Published in 1623, a comedy the play has also later been labeled as one of Shakespeare's late romances.
BBC Production
Directed by Jane Howell
September 18, 3 pm, 173 mins
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