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Throne of Blood Review

The film, Throne of Blood, also known as but never confirmed by director Akira Kurosawa, as an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is a well received film. Many critics boast it is the most successful recreation of the play, saying praises such as…

Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō, "Spider Web Castle") - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1957

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Set in a period known as gekoku-jo (‘overthrown by underlings’), Throne of Blood is one of the most significant Shakespeare films ever made, despite being more an allusion than a version to Macbeth.Described as a 'mood piece' and 'poetry in motion',…

The Ophelia Diaries

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My brother Laertes hath just left for England again. I wilt miss him so, but just ere he left he bid me stayeth hence from Hamlet. I feeleth torn in two directions. My brother and father bethink that they dictate mine behavior, but mine…

The American Play

The American Play
Scene 1
Howling winds and blowing snow in the background. Enter Three Russian Operatives wearing suits and ushankas sitting in first class in an airplane.

FIRST OPERATIVE
When shall we three meet below?
In thunder,…

Test

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