Shakespeare Republic
Season 1
Shakespeare Republic is a collective of Australian-based actors who have come together to celebrate Shakespeare, his works and his enduring legacy, through sharing their interpretation of his words and thoughts, via settings and circumstances that are familiar to a 21st Century audience.
Where to Watch Shakespeare Republic • Season 1
6 Episodes
- Macbeth
E1Macbeth"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly ..." Come on a journey into the darker recesses of human ambition as we meet a modern day, but equally murderous Macbeth as he wrestles with his conscience in a dilemma all too familiar to the Australian public. "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, only vaulting ambition ..." - Hamlet
E2Hamlet"To be, or not to be. That is the question ..." An intimate portrait of a human being on the edge as we meet Hamlet played by Rowena Hutson (Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust Bursary for Promising Young Actors recipient) who reflects back to us an all-too-human response to a modern, overwhelmed life and it's consequences. "To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream ..." - Hamlet
E3Hamlet"Speak the speech, I pray you ..." An imagined meeting behind the scenes at the highest level as we meet Hamlet played by Billy Smedley (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) giving us a taste of what it must be like to be a political media adviser in the current climate. " - to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure." - Phebe
E5Phebe"Think not I love him though I ask for him ..." Meet Phebe, played by Michala Banas (Upper Middle Bogan, Nowhere Boys), as she gives us an uncomfortable insight into unrequited romantic obsession and the dangers of having access to modern communication devices when one too many alcoholic drinks have been imbibed. "I will write to him a very taunting letter ..." - Billie
E6Billie"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" And so, all good things must come to an end. In our final episode for Season One of Shakespeare Republic, meet Billie, played by Sally McLean (Utopia), as she shares with us arguably Shakespeare's most famous sonnet in a truly Australian setting - with a factual twist. "But thy eternal summer shall not fade ..."
