Is it done in the name of accessibility? Do they think that this will make Shakespeare more palatable to ordinary people? Well, if they are right, I despair on behalf of the ordinary people. What a waste of great poetry, great actors and budget money. Why use Shakespeare when the producers clearly want something completely different? This is a deconstruction of Shakespeare, and it is, in short, awful. 'The Hollow Crown' is devoid of any wonder or poetry. Shakespeare's work and words are the pinnacle of wonder of poetry.

But here we get only stark, cynical realism. BBC Television Series The Hollow Crown (2012) Richard II (Ben Whishaw) Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) Henry V (Tom Hiddleston) The Hollow Crown A Companion Course to the BBC Television Series Broadcast on Great Performances on PBS on September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2013, 9:00 to 12:00 a.m./11:30 p.m. What is this, Luc Besson's 'The Messenger'? The BBC Collection version of these plays perform them in a humorous way that the text perfectly supports. For one thing, they have cut out most of Joan la Pucelle, but inserted a highly distasteful graphic depiction of her being burned. We need to be: there are the four three-and. They have cut out so much material that it would be better if they hadn't made this at all. Henry VI Part 1 it’s called, but actually that is dispatched within an hour: we’re well into Shakespeare’s Part 2 by the end of Cooke’s Part 1. From the POV of a Shakespeare purist like myself, this version of Henry VI was profoundly unsatisfying.

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