WAS SHAKESPEARE ENGLISH?

By Alicia MAKSIMOVA

SIRENA GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2016


    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alicia MAKSIMOVA
    • Synopsis
    • "Was Shakespeare English?" offers a fresh, daring and controversial view of the great playwright's identity. Russian-born, London-based director Alicia Maksimova, in her first feature, takes us on an enthralling voyage from the Strait of Messina to Venice, Verona, Stratford-upon-Avon, and back to Sicily for a mesmeric finale on the little Aeolian island which inspired The Tempest.
      Enticing travelogue beautifully shot and provocatively argued, this bold docu-journey offers a Shakespeare who is both a hot potato for our times and a supreme artist for the ages.
      97 minutes, in English and Italian, 2016