Tagged with: Shakespeare
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Henry IV and Henry V: Q&A with the costume designer
Eliza Kessler
Content Producer
The Hollow Crown is a series of four adaptations of Shakespeare's History Plays on BBC Two starting with Richard II. Annie Symons is the costume designer on the three continuing films: Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V. Annie talked to me about the creative and practical process of cl...
Julius Caesar: Political thriller in a modern African state
John Wyver
Producer
On a dismal afternoon at the end of April, as the rain pours down outside, the cast and crew of Julius Caesar huddle in padded jackets around bright electric fires. We are shooting a film for BBC Four of William Shakespeare's vivid political thriller on which I am the producer. Behind ...
Macbeth with Sir Patrick Stewart: The Scottish play from stage to TV
John Wyver
Producer
Huddled against the cold in a huge overcoat, I'm cowering by a wall with a vicious-looking Alsatian snapping at my heels. That's one of my more vivid memories from the location shoot for director Rupert Goold's film of Macbeth with Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood. Fortunately my c...
