STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE
TO LEAD SHAKESPEARE SERIES THE ROSY CROSS
And it is not to be mixed up with the Shakespeare's life series from Stephen Knight and Sarah Lancashire that I announced a few days ago. THEROSY CROSS: THE REBELS WHO WROTE SHAKESPEARE will be a separate series from Lasse Hallberg who has already set a cast with
Stephen Campbell Moore, Romario Simpson, Samuel Barnett, Jonny Weldon and Ed Hughes who is also a co-producer!
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| Stephen Campbell Moore will probably be Bacon |
THE ROSY CROSS
is based on research claiming to identify the real and
diverse underground writing group of men and women who secretly crafted
the plays under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare, led by the great
English philosopher Francis Bacon. It follows a shadowy order of diverse
freedom fighters from all walks of life who wage a covert war to
protect freedom of speech and civil rights, by using plays
to spread
knowledge, bury secrets and empower the masses.
It promises to take a deep dramatic dive into the heady melting pot of
the 16th Century underground, where freedom fighters literally were
writing for their lives, all to help people learn about the
ever-changing world they lived in.
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| Samuel Barnett and Ed Hughes are also in the cast |
THE GALLOWS POLE
1ST LOOK FROM BBC SERIES
BBC Two has, meanwhile, sent us the first images from their new historical series THE GALLOWS POLE which, based on the book by Benjamin Myers, fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise of David 
Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, the drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley (played by Michael 
Socha), as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. Also starring are Sophie McShera who
plays Grace, with Thomas Turgoose as William Hartley, Yusra Warsama as Bethsheba, Anthony Welsh as Abe Oldfield, Samuel Edward-Cook as Isaac Hartley, Joe Sproulle as Joe, and Adam Fogerty as James
Broadbent, Nicole Barber-Lane as Susie, Fine Time Fontayne as Joseph Broadbent, with Ralph Ineson as The Clothier. The three part series will come to BBC Two and iPlayer May 31st.
Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, the drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley (played by Michael 
Socha), as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. Also starring are Sophie McShera who
plays Grace, with Thomas Turgoose as William Hartley, Yusra Warsama as Bethsheba, Anthony Welsh as Abe Oldfield, Samuel Edward-Cook as Isaac Hartley, Joe Sproulle as Joe, and Adam Fogerty as James
Broadbent, Nicole Barber-Lane as Susie, Fine Time Fontayne as Joseph Broadbent, with Ralph Ineson as The Clothier. The three part series will come to BBC Two and iPlayer May 31st. A HAUNTING IN VENICE
AGATHA CHRISTIE FILM TEASER
Kenneth Branagh has released the first teaser for his new Agatha Christie movie adaptation A HAUNTING IN VENICE which arrives to cinemas this September starring Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kelly 
Reilly, Kyle Allen. Set in a post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, the film follows another mystery featuring the celebrated sleuth Poirot as he reluctantly attends a séance at a haunted palazzo. After one of the guests is 
murdered, the former detective must once again find out who did it. The movie looks more like a cheap horror than a Christie movie to me, but you can check it out yourself, his first two adaptations were atrocious.
Reilly, Kyle Allen. Set in a post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, the film follows another mystery featuring the celebrated sleuth Poirot as he reluctantly attends a séance at a haunted palazzo. After one of the guests is 
murdered, the former detective must once again find out who did it. The movie looks more like a cheap horror than a Christie movie to me, but you can check it out yourself, his first two adaptations were atrocious. 
A couple decades ago, I was trying really hard to read some Shakespeare's works..and I fell asleep every time I tried..and still remember Power is Knowledge from Bacon.
ReplyDeleteI am a professor of English literature and I can tell you Shakespeare is difficult even for the native English speakers. It requires a lot of patience, knowledge and above all knowledge of context which escapes us today as we are now far away from the times he wrote in.
DeleteI like Jamie Dornan.
ReplyDeleteHe will be happy to read it.
DeleteI'm still intrigued by Shakespeare even though like Angie, reading his work was also difficult for me. I was thankful for Cliff's Notes in high school, otherwise I probably would have failed the courses where we did have to read his works.
ReplyDeleteThey do him separately now at my college, in a special course on the second year, but we covered him in the first year with other early writers.
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