Invitation: Shakespeare film festival in the Merensky 2 Auditorium

The Department of Library Services invites you to the screening of classical and modern Shakespeare films during the Shakespeare Week 18 to 22 April 2016.

The Tempest

A shipwreck casts members of a royal court ashore on a mysterious island. Their fateful arrival is no accident, for it was engineered by Prospera (Helen Mirren), a sorceress whom these men banished, and who now plans to take vengeance on them. With the help of Caliban and Ariel, her sometimes-unwilling aides, Prospera brings her powers to bear on her former tormentors. Directed by Julie Taymor, 2010.

Date: Monday, 18 April 2016

Time: 13:30 – 16:00

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Hamlet

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance. Directed by Rodney Bennett, 1980 (BBC)

Date: Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Time: 9:30 – 12:30

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Shakespeare in love

A romantic comedy for the 1990s set in the 1590s. It imaginatively unfolds the witty, sexy and timeless tale behind the creation of the greatest love story ever told. A young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is out of cash and ideas, he meets his ideal woman and she inspires him to write one of his most famous plays. Director John Madden,1998. Academy award for Best Picture.

Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Time: 9:30 – 12:00

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Coriolanus

Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes), is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues (James Nesbitt, Paul Jesson). When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler). Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city. Directed Ralph Fiennes, 2011.

Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Time: 13:30 – 16:00

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Gnomeo and Juliet

In Stratford-Upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, Miss Capulet and Mr. Montague feud over whose garden is the better. Garden gnomes that decorate each neighbour's flower beds continue the rivalry when the humans aren't looking, and gnomes from the Red Gardens don't get along with those of the Blue Gardens. Then Gnomeo (James McAvoy), a Blue, and Juliet (Emily Blunt), a Red, fall in love, leaving many obstacles to overcome. Directed by Kelly Asbury, 2011.

Date: Friday, 22 April 2016

Time: 13:30 – 16:00

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