William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
La Tempête, pièce en 5 actes
Jules César, tragédie en 5 actes (Julius Caesar)
Henry IV

Harriet Walter (Prospero)
Jade Anouka (Ariel)
Sheila Atim (Ferdinand)
Jackie Clune (Stefano)
Leah Harvey (Miranda)
Sophie Stanton (Caliban)
Carolina Valdés (Antonio)
Phyllida Lloyd, direction
(La Tempête)

Harriet Walter (Brutus)
Jane Anouka (Mark Antony)
Jackie Clune (Julius Caesar)
Shiloh Coke (Cinna the Poet)
Karen Dunbar (Casca)
Clare Dunne (Portia, Octavius Caesar)
Leah Harvey (Soothsaer)
Zainab Hasan (Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber)
Martina Laird (Cassius)
Carolina Valdés (Dog, Cinna)
Phyllida Lloyd, direction
(Jules César)

Harriet Walter (Henry IV)
Sophie Stanton (Falstaff)
Claire Dunne (Prince Hal)
Jade Anouka (Hotspur)
Jackie Clune (Wesmoreland, Glendower)
Shiloh Coke (Mortimer)
Karen Dunbar (Bardolph, Vernon)
Phyllida Llyod, direction
(Henry IV)

The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy began in 2012 with an all-female production of Julius Caesar led by Dame Harriet Walter. Set in a women’s prison, the production asked the question, ‘Who owns Shakespeare?’ Two further productions followed: Henry IV in 2014 and The Tempest in 2016, all featuring a diverse company of women. The Trilogy enthralled theatre audiences in London and New York and was shared with women and girls in prisons and schools across the UK. The film versions were shot live in a specially built temporary theatre in King’s Cross in 2016, and now offer screen audiences unique access to these ground-breaking productions. Power, betrayal, justice. Shakespeare’s great political drama Julius Caesar could not be more timely as it depicts the catastrophic consequences of a political leader’s extension of his powers beyond the remit of the constitution. What makes a King? What makes a father? The Bard’s monumental history play travels to the heart of family, duty and country in this bold, contemporary production, adapted from Shakespeare’s two plays about King Henry IV, Prince Hal and Falstaff. Set on an isle ‘full of noises’, this magical production of The Tempest sees Harriet Walter take on the role of Prospero in an evocation of the eternal struggle for freedom, morality and justice.