Nowhere fired Shakespeare's Imagination quite like Italy. But as Francesco Da Mosto argues in this new two part series, Italian cities meant far more to our greatest author than just a sunlit setting.Francesco takes us on a journey from North to South, visiting the spectacular locations that shaped the Bard's genius. This series celebrates Shakespeare as a popular entertainer. The emphasis will be on accessibility and our greatest playwright under the blue skies of Italy, with a feel of Shakespeare meets holiday adventure as Francesco travels between Venice, Verona,... Padua, Milan, Mantua, Florence, Rome, Napoli, Sicily and Capri. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Shakespeare was in love with Italy. A third of his plays are set in the country. For the Elizabethan playwright, it was the stage on which to explore his greatest themes - love and war, fidelity and betrayal, and above all, politics - and a treasure house of legend and stories that fuelled his imagination. Combining Italian travelogue with revelations about the bard's most famous works, Francesco da Mosto visits the spectacular locations, traces the Italian myths and reveals how a long dead, foreign playwright's imagination continues to influence and shape real Italian cities, even now. Francesco reveals the debt Shakespeare owes to Italian theatre and explores how Italy acted as a cloak for Shakespeare’s most dangerous observations about Elizabethan London. Taking in Verona, Venice and Rome, the programme explores some of Shakespeare’s most well known plays including Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello and Julius Caesar. Meeting historians, actors, and exploring the brilliant locations that pepper Shakespeare’s plays, this series offers an unexpected slant on some of the best known stage creations.
Francesco da Mosto presents this two-part documentary about William Shakespeare and his use of Italy as a backdrop for many of his works. With input from actors, including Emma Thompson, Ciarán Hinds and Mark Rylance, Francesco visits locations such as Venice, Rome and Stromboli as he considers the plays, 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest', among others.
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