Ruth Leon recommends… The Tempest and Othello – Globe Player

The Tempest and Othello – Globe Player

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If you haven’t already discovered the delights of streaming Shakespeare’s Globe productions online I suggest you do so now. They will keep you warm in the long winter nights ahead.

I just reacquainted myself with The Tempest on this platform. This 2013 production has the marvellous cast of Roger Allam as Prospero, Jessie Buckley as Miranda, Joshua James as Ferdinand and Colin Morgan as Ariel, on the magical island and it is, indeed, “full of noises”.

While you’re on the Globe’s site, do watch the 2007 production of Shakespeare’s devastating tragedy Othello starring Eamonn Walker, Tim McInnerny  and Zawe Ashton.

Joining the Globe Player is a bit of a chore but once you’ve done it you’ll have a choice of more than 40 titles as part of your subscription at no extra charge.

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