Ah, YouTube. While it's undoubtedly a place to be entertained, discover amazing talent, and even learn, it's also home to pretty much the worst in lowest-common-denominator promotional content of every stripe. Several readers emailed the eNotes tipline to let us know about "Bikini Shakespeare", a series that combines poor readings of the Bard's work…
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Shakespeare in the Original Pronunciation: Worthy Exercise?
Opening ext week at the University of Kansas, a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is billed as the first original pronunciation production of a Shakespeare play to ever be staged on American soil. The video above is from the rehearsals but does a good job of giving you an idea of what the…
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Watch The New Hamlet Film Online
PBS is now streaming their recent adaptation of Hamlet starring David Tennant as Hamlet, Sir Patrick Stewart as Claudius and the Ghost, Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius, Mariah Gale as Ophelia, and Edward Bennet as Laertes. The film was directed by Gregory Doran. Watch Hamlet here. Brush up on the play with our Hamlet Summary.