Shakespeare's History Plays – The Hollow Crown

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Szlama L @LyonSz Jul 16, 2026 Almost everything was fantastic. If only we had a show like this for every Shakespeare play. Only weaknesses were that Falstaff was too full of bile instead of fun and happy (in Henry IV pt 1, it is more appropriate in the other plays), and it felt like Henry V's victory at Agincourt was made too morose to satisfy our post-WWI/Vietnam attitude on war. See more Mar 3, 2021 Nunca assisti as obras de Shakespeare com medo de não entender a complexidade das peças, mas me vi completamente apaixonada pelas tragédias, após os 4 episódios da série. A atuação do elenco é magnífica! uma sardinha pra interpretação brilhante de Tom Hiddleston como príncipe Hal e posteriormente Henrique V See more andrei d @RT74856639 Feb 10, 2021 Some great acting, especially Loki See more Gabriel Z @RT50130780 Apr 2, 2020 This Richard II is dismal, unintentionally funny, unoriginal, unnecessary. Shakespeare did not write realistic speech, it is poetry, so these days it certainly requires a romantic, melodramatic lens to convince us. The greedy production value of this attempt only makes the mistakingly naturalistic performances more absurd and unbelievable. This play is a melodramatic fiction, not a historical record. The actors give it their all but suffer the common error of putting real emotions into utterly heightened, surreal speech, which demands a like passion and conviction. The pretty frames make it almost palatable to watch, but oh dear this approach is why modern audiences, misguidedly, think Shakespeare is overwritten, boring, pretentious d**k snot. See more James K @RT70605918 Oct 18, 2019 An engaging and thrilling take on Shakespeare's first cycle on the War of the Roses. See more johann m @Johann33 Oct 1, 2017 Although Old English is sometimes hard to understand and hard to follow, the 4 films represent some of the most notable plays of William Shakespeare and they they are so entertaining. See more Read all reviews

The Hollow Crown — Shakespeare's History Plays

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