If it's Monday, it must mean there's a week to go. Seven days from now we start shooting Julius Caesar. At lunchtime, with our First AD Kristian Dench, I head up the Northern Line to the location. As I have indicated more
Yes, I know there are only 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare (not counting those in the plays). But for our new project we have also filmed a reading by a very distinguished actor of the Dedication that was included in more
In case you hadn't noticed, the Shakespeare spring kicks off tonight. First up is a cluster of programmes on Sky Arts - a goodly number of them, including Being Shakespeare, produced by Illuminations. Then there is the big more
There's something slightly unreal about these final couple of days before we start work at the location for Julius Caesar. If all goes well, cleaning and prepping the site starts tomorrow, and then the art department will get going on more
The detail above from the sheet music for Cole Porter's 1949 Kiss Me Kate comes from a rich online (and real world) exhibition (until 4 June) at Yale University's Beinicke Library. Remembering Shakespeare details 'the process of more
Let's start a new week's links with a terrific post at The Bioscope, And the ship sails on. Just what was filmed of the Titanic, Urbanora asks, and what survives today? Precious little, it turns out, since the more
The morning of Good Friday. Two weeks and three days before we begin filming Julius Caesar. In just ten days we start work at our location, cleaning, building sets - and driving away pigeons. We are a significantly bigger crew more
I have been thinking about how to create a new form of my links page that is useful but also sustainable (in the sense that it doesn't take too much time to post). Here is the first outing for a more
Simon Callow's one-person show Being Shakespeare today makes a triumphant return to London's Trafalgar Studios. The production plays until 31 March before transferring to New York (for tickets, go here) but today is also the release date for our more
The first day of the location shoot for our film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's new Julius Caesar is now just over seven weeks away. We have found our location and we are putting together our crew. BBC Four's funding more