Video: Shakespeare in 'Original Pronunciation' by the Open University

Following up a RT by @shakespearecub:

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Austin: Here's Globe Shakespeare You Can't See in 2011-2012

Thanks to Thomas Cott's daily arts e-mail You've Cott Mail, we in Austin learn that the Globe Theatre in London will be screening four Shakespeare works in 260 cinemas across the United States over the next four months and we won't have access to any of them.

I guess that AusShakes and partners didn't manage to fill up the Long Center on March 23 with the Globe's Romeo and Juliet. Too bad that the folks running the pseudo-art-house Regal Arbor Cinema on Great Hills Drive near the Arboretum didn't see an opportunity here.

If you want to experience The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry VI parts 1 and 2 and Henry VIII, you can drive to Dallas, to Lubbock, or to the Houston area:

• Dallas: selected Cinemark, AMC and Regal locations
• Houston: selected Regal and Cinemark locations
• Plano: Cinemark
• Spring: Cinemark
• Lubbock: Cinemark

Tickets and info are at New Fathom events.

Here's the blurb:

4 Shakespeare productions from Globe Theatre to play in cinemas this year

Playbill.com, 6/2/11

The Globe Theatre, NCM Fathom and Arts Alliance Media will present "Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema Series," an exclusive four-part in-theatre series of classic Shakespeare titles shown in more than 260 movie theatres nationwide this summer and fall. Captured in 2010 from the Globe Theatre in London, the series will kick off in June with The Merry Wives of Windsor followed by Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2 in August and closing in September with Henry VIII. Each performance will begin at 7 PM local time and will include a special 20-minute historical perspective on the Globe, the reconstruction process, the work of the Globe today, and a behind-the-scenes look at each production with interviews from the actors and creative team involved. Tickets for "Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema Series" are available at participating theatre box offices and online here

Arts Reporting by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin: Shakespeare at the Long Center, Austin Playhouse at Mueller

Two items today from Jeanne Claire van Ryzin at the Statesman's Austin360 "Seeing Things" blog:

Long Center adds Globe Theatre production to HD film screenings

By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin | Friday, September 10, 2010, 10:58 AM

Expanding its agreement with HD film distributors, the Long Center for the Performing Arts has announced that it will now be screening recent Shakespeare productions from London’s Globe Theatre.

The first is the Globe’s 2009 production of ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ directed Dominic Dromgoole. It screens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1. Tickets are $15, $10 for students.

Screening dates for more Globe Theatre productions will be announced in the near future.

Recently, the Long Center began screening Emerging Pictures Opera in Cinema series of recent production from international opera houses. The next in that series is London’s Royal Opera House production of ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ which screens at 7 p.m. Sept. 14.

See thelongcenter.org for more information.

Austin Playhouse considers move to Mueller

By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin | Friday, September 10, 2010, 02:14 PM

After nearly a decade in residence at South Austin’s Penn Field development, Austin Playhouse is thinking about it’s next move. Where to? The Mueller redevelopment in East Austin.

Nothing is inked or written in stone yet, but Austin Playhouse, led by Don Toner, reports that it is in discussions to secure a location adjacent to the planned Austin Childrens’ Museum.

Austin Playhouse imagines its new facility to include two performance facilities — a 200-seat main stage and a 99-seat flexible second stage — along with classrooms and support facilities. Austin Playhouse estimates its project will cost between $3 to $5 million.

Greg Weaver, the Catellus executive in Austin in charge of the Mueller redevelopment told the American-Statesman today that “we’re in very preliminary discussions,” with Austin Playhouse about going into Mueller’s future town center, potentially adjacent to the planned new Austin Children’s Museum.

Weaver added that while the theater would be “a great addition” to the future town center, there is no deal at the moment. The Mueller town center is planned to be a mix of retail, restaurant and entertainment venues. However, no date has been set to start the town center phase of the Mueller project.