W Shakespeare - 20 productions The Globe Collection 21 DVDs

This collection brings together 20 productions from 2009 to 2014 during the artistic directorship of Dominic Dromgoole. Featuring the finest actors and leading directors, it is part of a project committed to creating ever wider access to this rich cultural heritage. In it there is dazzling poetry, romance, epic power struggles, human tragedy, and ingenious and raucous comedy. Filmed in stunning HD, these films capture the unique atmosphere and theatrical space of the Globe Theatre. The exhilarating sense of interaction between the actors on stage and the audience in live performances is exquisitely maintained on screen. Here is an invitation to stand with kings in battle, to fall in love, to witness the brutal machinations of politics, and to laugh with rogues. Works: Romeo and Juliet; As You Like It; Loves Labours Lost; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry VIII; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Alls Well That Ends Well; Much Ado About Nothing; Henry V; Twelfth Night; The Taming of the Shrew; The Tempest; Macbeth; A Midsummer Nights Dream; Titus Andronicus; Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; The Comedy of Errors; Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) Press Reviews "... it is difficult to imagine that Twelfth Night could be performed more effectively than it currently is at the Globe theatre ..." (The Guardian) "Shakespeare's Globe has got in with the first of two Much Ado productions and raises the bar high with an exuberant production." (The Daily Telegraph) "Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love... The production's secret weapon is Ellie Kendrick...delivers the jewelled verse with a lovely purity and directness." (The Daily Telegraph) "Eve Best's directorial debut is a cracking at times, terrifying production of Macbeth." (The Daily Telegraph)