Apr 28 Conversation: Sir Patrick Stewart Stars in ‘Hamlet’ Tonight on PBS By Molly Finnegan Tonight on PBS, Great Performances presents the television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2009 production of "Hamlet." David Tennant stars as Hamlet to Sir Patrick Stewart's ambitious but flawed Claudius. Continue reading
Mar 19 Around the Nation Roundup Here's a selection of art and culture reports from local public broadcasting stations and national producers. Continue reading
Mar 11 Is This William Shakespeare? Earlier this week, lovers of the Bard got a special thrill: the unveiling of supposedly the only known portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. Continue reading
Feb 25 Al-Bassam Theatre Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ By Arts Desk Here's the second in our broadcast series on Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, which began Monday at the Kennedy Center. Tuesday evening, Jeffrey Brown profiled Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 7:18 Kuwaiti Theater Director Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare By PBS News Hour In the second of a series of reports on the Arabesque arts festival at the Kennedy Center, Jeffrey Brown talks to Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, whose company is presenting a Shakespeare play with a twist, "Richard III:… Continue watching
Feb 24 The al-Bassam Theatre’s ‘Murder of Clarence’ By Arts Desk Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, who adapts Shakespeare to explore contemporary culture and politics in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading