Festival Shakespeare 2016 sur la BBC

Voici le communiqué de presse de la BBC :

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The BBC has today announced its plans to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death including the line-up for BBC Two’s Shakespeare Live! From the RSC.

The programme, hosted by David Tennant, will be broadcast during the weekend of Shakespeare’s birthday in April. Directed by RSC artistic director Gregory Doran, the cast will include Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Joseph Fiennes.

Further highlights of the celebration include BBC Two’s The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses featuring a wealth of talent including Benedict Cumberbatch, Keeley Hawes, Sophie Okonedo, Sir Michael Gambon and Judi Dench. As previously announced, Matt Lucas, Maxine Peake and Elaine Paige will star in A Midsummer Night’s Dream on BBC One.

The festival will also feature new Radio 3 dramas inspired by the life and work of Shakespeare. Naomi Alderman’s The Wolf in the Water will imagine what became of Shylock’s daughter Jessica from The Merchant of Venice, and Ian McDiarmid will take on the title role in a new version of King Lear. Radio 4 listeners will hear Tim Piggott-Smith play Julius Caesar in a new three-part production.

Back on BBC Two, David Mitchell will play the Bard opposite Liza Tarbuck as his wife and Harry Enfield as his father in Ben Elton’s comedy Upstart Crow. Horrible Histories returns to CBBC with a special episode about the life and times of Shakespeare.

Best Bottoms in the Land will broadcast on BBC One English Regions and follows the RSC’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation as it tours the UK, with professionals joined by local amateur theatre companies.

Shakespeare fans around the world will be able to join in the celebrations with Shakespeare Day Live on April 23. Hosted in Birmingham and co-curated by the BBC and British Council, the initiative will bring together interpretations of Shakespeare’s work in one digital space for audiences around the world to experience.

Talking at the launch, Gregory Doran said: “Shakespeare is for everyone so we want as many people as possible to have a chance to experience his work this year.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with the BBC in a fantastic initiative to bring Shakespeare’s legacy to audiences all over the UK.”

In some of the more ‘quirky’ offerings, daytime serial drama Doctors will offer storylines ‘inspired by a Shakespearean Sonnet’, and a new online guide 'ShakespeareMe iWonder’ will 'let the user find a perfect Shakespeare emoji quote to fit their mood’.

Wow, quel programme! Hâte de voir tout ça

Merci pour l'info!

vivement vivement !!

C'est trop chouette !

Hâte de voir quel rôle on va faire jouer à Joseph Fiennes. Va-t-il redevenir Shakespeare pour l’occasion ?

Shelbylee a écrit:

Hâte de voir quel rôle on va faire jouer à Joseph Fiennes. Va-t-il redevenir Shakespeare pour l’occasion ?

Ce serait génial En plus, je me faisais justement la réflexion ces jours-ci qu'il est devenu rare au ciné et à la télé alors que c'est un très bon acteur.

Il a tourné dans un documentaire sur Romeo & Juliet pour PBS, mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de le regarder encore.

Un teasing de ce que nous réserve la BBC avec pas mal d'extraits des programmes cités ci-dessus :

A titre d'info, AnGee a lancé un swap Shakespeare pour célébrer le barde. Mais nous ne sommes que trois pour le moment, est-ce que d'autres personnes seraient intéressées ?

Titine75 a écrit:

A titre d'info, AnGee a lancé un swap Shakespeare pour célébrer le barde. Mais nous ne sommes que trois pour le moment, est-ce que d'autres personnes seraient intéressées ?

Merci d'en parler Titine! Je lancerai le topic "officiel" ce week-end, j'espère que ça vous plaira!