“Continuously enchanting! Irresistible! Magical! - Daily Telegraph
In cinemas Saturday January 30th, theatre fans will be treated to the second enchanting West End production in High Definition from the most spectacular of London’s theatre venues, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on the Thames. The Bard’s AS YOU LIKE IT is the second of three exciting Globe Theatre productions that will be presented at select Landmark Cinemas locations and other select theatres in Canada this winter. Distributed worldwide by DigiScreen, the highly acclaimed production appears on select Canadian screens as part of an ongoing cinema series from the world’s great stages presented by The Royal Opera House’s Opus Arte.
A much-loved comedy of love, intrigue and mistaken identity and one of the hits of the Globe Theatre season, AS YOU LIKE IT stars the superb Naomi Frederick as the heroine Rosalind, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved characters. Rosalind is the daughter of a banished duke. She falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match. Her usurping uncle, jealous of her popularity banishes her from court. Disguised as a boy she leaves with her cousin Celia and the jester Touchstone, to seek out her father in the Forest of Arden. To her great surprise, she encounters Orlando in the woods and, under the guise of a young man, must counsel him in the art of love and wooing. AS YOU LIKE IT runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love-notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; gentle satire, slapstick and passion. A stellar cast, a handful of brilliantly devised characters and some of the Bard’s most beautiful poetry make this an enchanting summer evening at the Globe by the Thames. Award-winning Thea Sharrock directs at the Globe for the first time and creates a magical night at the theatre.
“So charming, so beautifully done! Immensely cheering!” - Daily Mail
ROMEO AND JULIET was captured before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in October 2009
The Globe’s ROMEO & JULIET was presented in cinemas in November 2009. In March 2010, audiences can look forward to the wonderful production of LOVE’S LABOURS LOST from the Globe Theatre.
Tickets will be available at $19.95 + tax per adult, $16.95 + tax per senior and $9.95 + tax per child. For cinema locations and to purchase advance tickets throughout Canada visit www.digiscreen.ca. For Landmark Cinemas in Alberta and BC, go to www.landmarkcinemas.com. For independent theatres in Vancouver, Bracebridge and Waterloo please visit www.festivalcinemas.ca, www.norwoodtheatre.com, www.princesscinemas.com.
