(1572–1637) Benjamin Jonson Works: • A Tale of a Tub (English) • Bartholomew Fair (1614) • Cynthia’s Revels (English) • Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems (English) • Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman (English) • Every Man…
Ben Jonson
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John Webster
(c.1580-c.1632) Works: • The Duchess of Malfi (English) • Webster & Tourneur (English) • The White Devil (English) Webster in Film: Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes Born c.1580 London (England) Died c.1632 London (England) Occupation Actor Playwright…
Christopher Marlowe
(1564–1593) Works: • Accurs’d be he that first invented war! (English) • Edward the Second (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (Latin) • I Must Have Wanton Poets (English) •…
Julius Caesar (1970)
Director: Stuart Burge Producer: Peter Snell Screenplay: Robert Furnival Based on: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Genre: Biography | Drama | Epic | Historical | War Music: Michael J. Lewis Country: United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Commonwealth United Entertainment Release date: 1970 Running time: 116 minutes Charlton Heston…
Victor Hugo
(1802–1885) Victor-Marie Hugo The artist’s works: Paysage avec un burg en ruine 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines 1847 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Victor Hugo sur le rocher des Proscrits c.1853 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Le vieux pont…
Julius Caesar (1953)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer: John Houseman Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Based on: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Genre: Biography | Drama | Epic | Historical Music: Miklós Rózsa Country: United States Language: English Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date: 1953 Running time: 121 minutes Marlon Brando (1924-2004) as Mark…
L’Acteur tragique (1866)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Acteur tragique, Rouvière dans le rôle d’Hamlet (The Tragic Actor, Rouvière as Hamlet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 187.2 x 108.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and…
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Director: Franco Zeffirelli Producer: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard McWhorter Screenplay: Paul Dehn, Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Franco Zeffirelli Based on: The Taming of the Shrew (1594) by William Shakespeare Genre: Comedy, Romantic Music: Nino Rota Country: Italia, United States Language: English Studio: Columbia…
Ophelia (1910)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1910 Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 61 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Ophelia (1894)
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) Ophelia 1894 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 73.7 cm Private collection See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)