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Featuring Christopher Benjamin in the title role, deftly supported by Serena Evans and Sarah Woodward as the scheming Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, this critically-acclaimed production was described by the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e as brimming with ‘humanity, ingenuity and irresistible charm’. 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Aided by fellow conspirator Diana, Helena devises a fail-safe scheme to ensnare her man. The production, directed by John Dove, stars Sam Crane and Ellie Piercey as Bertram and Helena, and includes performances by James Garnon as troublemaker Parolles and Janie Dee as Bertram’s interfering mother, the Countess of Roussillon. With lavish staging and costume, the production is a triumph that, according to \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e, ‘leaves the audience reeling with happiness by the end.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"With so much to praise, it is hard to prioritise, but here goes...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"This is a good, clear, well-spoken production by John Dove of one of Shakespeare's most beguiling but least-loved plays.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":46012775629034,"sku":"809478010821","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4037939-2773948.jpg?v=1778268938"},{"product_id":"marlowe-doctor-faustus","title":"Marlowe: Doctor Faustus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoctor Faustus\u003c\/em\u003e is Christopher Marlowe’s most renowned and controversial work. Famous for being the first dramatized version of the Faustus tale, the play depicts the sinister aftermath of Faustus’s decision to sell his soul to the Devil’s henchman in exchange for power and knowledge. In the first-ever staging of this menacing drama at the Globe Theatre, Matthew Dunster’s production features Paul Hilton as the arrogant, power-hungry Faustus and Arthur Darvill as the sardonic Mephistopheles, and includes several impressive magical stunts along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A triumph of spine-tingling spectacle. 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Lives real and imagined, nobles and beggars, Tudor history and culture all spring to vivid life on the stage of the Globe Theatre in award-winning productions featuring many fine British actors and original music played by a Shakespearean pit band playing period instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/em\u003e is the Shakespeare play that's perfectly suited to the Globe. In Dominic Dromgoole's intelligent, faithful andentertaining new production, Sir John Falstaff, that 'sweet creature of bombast', might have stopped for a pint of sack in Southwark en route for a rendezvous with Doll Tearsheet at the Boar's Head.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/em\u003e 1-2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"A joyous spectacle.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"Oustanding.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"Audiences tend to adore this play, in which Shakespeare genially celebrates his own middle-class English provincial background and seeks to do nothing more than entertain - which he does, splendidly. \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Wives\u003c\/em\u003e, with its ridiculous foreigners, jealous husbands and scenes of low farce, keeps you chuckling almost throughout.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":46012777464042,"sku":"809478010920","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4037942-2773951.jpg?v=1778268977"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-twelfth-night","title":"Shakespeare: Twelfth Night \/ Shakespeare's Globe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, \u003cem\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/em\u003e was ‘blissfully reborn’ (The \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e) for the 2012\/13 season at London’s Globe Theatre, under the direction of Tim Carroll. The hilarious tale of misdirection and deception is performed here by an all-male cast, as it would have been in Shakespeare’s day, with Mark Rylance playing Olivia and Roger Lloyd Pack as the hapless Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The production also marks Stephen Fry’s triumphant return to the stage as the pompous Malvolio, ridiculous in his yellow stockings. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound. Spoken in Shakespeare’s English with English and German subtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eREVIEWS:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"…no single actor dominates this radical yet perfectly balanced production at the Globe\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"The irony is that Fry's performance – intelligently pondered, generous to the other actors, and almost studiedly not a \"star turn\" by a celebrity guest artiste – is exactly the opposite in tendency\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Idependent\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\"\u003e\"Although this is ensemble theatre at its finest, it’s Rylance’s contribution that puts the production among all-time Shakespeare greats. 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Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound, this production marked actor Eve Best’s sensational debut as a director and was described as ‘cracking – at times, terrifying’ (\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e). Joseph Millson and Samantha Spiro lead the cast, offering ‘superb fresh-minted performances’ as the power-obsessed Macbeth and his increasingly guilt-ridden wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"rtejustify\"\u003eSamantha Spiro as Lady Macbeth and Joseph Millson as Macbeth give a rousing, frenetic portrait of a power-couple with a compulsion for bloodshed...Millson’s constant disbelief at what he is doing is a source of much of the production’s humour. 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Combining sumptuous Jacobean costume with enchanting music and ‘spellbinding staging’ (The Daily Telegraph), this acclaimed Globe production – starring Olivier Award winner Roger Allam as a ‘poignantly humane’ Prospero (The Financial Times) – is a touching portrayal of one of the Bard's most lyrical stage works. Filmed in High Definition and true Surround Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Shakespeare's last full play and has always been seen as his farewell to the stage. 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Jessie Buckley is a tousle-haired Miranda who's gobsmacked by the brave new world she encounters and Joshua James as Ferdinand in his blonde gormless way presents the rapture of the boy who's got the prettiest girl at the dance. Colin Morgan ( TV's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHumans\u003c\/em\u003e) is a feathery Ariel with appropriate touches of subtlety and reticence. 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In this, his Globe Theatre farewell, Director Dominic Dromgoole’s ‘buoyant production’ (Guardian) casts a Mariah Gale ‘so centred and self-possessed that Isabella’s conviction seems to reach every corner of the house without once turning cloying’ (New York Times).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMariah Gale is an outstanding Isabella.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- The Sunday Times (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":46012785393898,"sku":"809478012184","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4037957-2773964.jpg?v=1778268116"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-henry-iv-walker-59147","title":"Shakespeare: Henry IV \/ Walker","description":"What makes a King? What makes a father? Shakespeare's monumental history play travels to the heart of family, duty and country. 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