From left to right: Beth Cordingly as Mistress Ford in a pair of black leggings, with gold chain detailing and a red corset, Ishia Bennison as Mistress Quickly in a tartan skirt, pink apron with rubber gloves tucked in the pockets and Rebecca Lacey as Mistress Page in a matching baby pink skirt and jacket. The three women link arms as they walk, all smiling from ear to ear.
William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor

RSC
Production
Sara Farb (Juliet) lies on a tomb while Antoine Yared (Romeo) rests his hand on her stomach.
William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

Stratford Festival
Production
David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

Digital Theatre
Production
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Macbeth

Digital Theatre
Production
Love's Labour's Lost - Stratford Festival
William Shakespeare

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Stratford Festival
Production
A crowd gathers in Dominic Dromgoole's Love's Labour's Lost
Dominic Dromgoole

Love's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's Globe
Production
King Lear at the Almeida with Jonathan Pryce
Michael Attenborough

King Lear

Digital Theatre
Production
King Lear - Stage Russia HD (2018)
William Shakespeare

King Lear

Stage Russia
Production
Akiya Henry (Viola) performing a soliloquy from Twelfth Night - Act 2, Scene 2.
Miranda Cromwell

In Defence of Character - Viola - Text in Performance

Digital Theatre
Production
Lloyd Hutchinson (Prospero) performing a soliloquy from The Tempest - Act 5, Scene 1.
Miranda Cromwell

In Defence of Character - Prospero - Text in Performance

Digital Theatre
Production
Patsy Ferran (Portia) performing a soliloquy from The Merchant of Venice - Act 4, Scene 1 holding a book.
Miranda Cromwell

In Defence of Character - Portia - Text in Performance

Digital Theatre
Production
Eben Figueiredo (Hamlet) performing a soliloquy from Hamlet - Act 3, Scene 1 holding his phone.
Miranda Cromwell

In Defence of Character - Hamlet - Text in Performance

Digital Theatre
Production
William Shakespeare

Hamlet

BBC Studios
Production
Hamlet - RSC 2016
William Shakespeare

Hamlet

RSC
Production
Coriolanus - Steven Berkoff (1997)
William Shakespeare

Coriolanus

East Productions
Production
Top left, Victor Oshin (Othello) stands with his arms in front of him. Bottom right Hugh Quarshie (Othello) leans on the back of a chair.
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Othello - Act 3, Scene 3

Digital Theatre
Production
Top left, Sarah Macrae (Hero) and Kathryn Hunt (Ursula) gossip. Bottom right, April Shawnhan (Hero) and Bette Henritze (Ursula) chat beside a door.
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Much Ado About Nothing - Act 3, Scene 1

Digital Theatre
Production
A selection of screenshots from the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Tara Arts and Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Macbeth Act 2, Scene 2 featuring David Morrissey, Robert Mountford and Christopher Eccleston
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 2, Scene 2

Digital Theatre
Production
A selection of screenshots from the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Tara Arts and Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1 featuring David Morrissey, Robert Mountford and Christopher Eccleston
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 2, Scene 1

Digital Theatre
Production
A selection of screenshots from the Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Tara Arts and Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Macbeth Act 1, Scene 3 featuring David Morrissey, Robert Mountford and Christopher Eccleston
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 3

Digital Theatre
Production
A selection of screenshots from Stratford Festival and Royal Shakespeare Company Hamlet Act 4, Scene 4 featuring Paapa Essiedu
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Hamlet - Act 4, Scene 4

Digital Theatre
Production
A selection of screenshots from Stratford Festival, Royal Exchange Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 featuring Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake
William Shakespeare

Compare and Contrast: Hamlet - Act 3, Scene 4

Digital Theatre
Production
Simon Callow on right-hand side of screen looking to the left with his face lit dressed in grey shirt and black jacket
Jonathan Bate

Being Shakespeare

Illuminations
Production
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

As You Like It

Digital Theatre
Production
William attempts to woo Audrey in Shakespeare's As You Like It
William Shakespeare

As You Like It

Shakespeare's Globe
Production
Ganymede and Orlando sit back to back. Orlando has his back to us wearing a burnt orange leather waistcoat and black trousers. Ganymede wears black leather trousers, a black top and a cropped waistcoat. Behind them a woman is seen leaning on a ladder in the shadows.
William Shakespeare

As You Like It

RSC
Production