Shakespeare Republic

Season 2

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 2

13 Episodes

  • Queen Margaret
    E1
    Queen Margaret"Was't you that revell'd in our parliament, and made a preachment of your high descent?" Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Margaret", played by Stephen Costan, as he revels in his defeat of the rebel York in a dystopian near future, complete with kingly feast. "Off with the crown, and with the crown his head"
  • Edmund
    E2
    Edmund"Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Edmund", played by Falon Ryan, as she wrests with the complexities of the word "legitimate" as a woman looking for her place in a male-dominated world.
  • Thomas More
    E3
    Thomas More"Imagine that you see the wretched strangers, their babies at their backs ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Thomas More", played by Christopher Kirby, as he tries to convince a group of parliamentary peers the errors of their ways. "What do you do to your souls in doing this?"
  • Viola
    E4
    Viola"I left no ring with her. What means this lady?" Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Viola", played by Nadine Garner, as she navigates the world of love and gender fluidity in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". "O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie"
  • Katherina
    E5
    KatherinaMeet Shakespeare Republic's "Katherina", played by Wahibe Moussa, as she faces the realities of being a woman in a man's world and who has learned to dance to the tune of politics to get what she most desires.
  • Henry V
    E6
    Henry V"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Henry V", played by Billy Smedley, as he faces not just the enemy, but the anxieties of his men at a time when he needs them most. "The game's afoot ..."
  • Hamlet
    E7
    Hamlet"I have of late, though know not why, lost all my mirth ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Hamlet", played by Michala Banas, as she faces the realization that no matter how much you appear to have, you are, in the end, only human. "What is this quintessence of dust?"
  • Jaques
    E8
    Jaques"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Jaques" played by Alan Fletcher as he discovers that being the life of the party isn't always as easy as it appears. " - one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."
  • Cleopatra
    E9
    Cleopatra"All's but naught ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Cleopatra" played by Tariro Mavondo as she faces the loss of the man who gave her strength and was taken too soon from her side. " - This case of that huge spirit now is cold ..."
  • Helena
    E10
    Helena"I love your son". Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Helena" played by Shane Savage as he is forced into a confession of love for a man he knows may never love him back to the woman who is both the object of his affections' mother and his direct employer. "Do not hate me for loving where you do ..."
  • Sebastian
    E11
    Sebastian"My stars shine darkly over me ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Sebastian" played by Phoebe Anne Taylor as she faces the loss of her sister and the consequences of now being all alone in the world. " - mine eyes will tell tales of me."
  • Beatrice
    E12
    Beatrice"Too cursed is more than cursed ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Beatrice" played by Sally McLean - a rebel with a love of life and penchant for parties, who, despite her fine dresses, high heels and glamourous lifestyle knows a woman is more than the sum of her parts. " - Father, as it please me."
  • Iago
    E13
    Iago"I follow him to serve my turn upon him ..." Meet Shakespeare Republic's "Iago" played by Dean Haglund as he plots his revenge - scheming in plain sight like the viper in the blossom. " - I am not what I am."

 

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