Articles

For the past decade, Daniel Rosenthal has written widely on stage and screen Shakespeare for British newspapers. Follow the links below to read some of these articles:

The Guardian

To mark “Inspired by Shakespeare”, the May 2007 season of Shakespeare genre adaptations curated by Daniel Rosenthal at BFI Southbank in London, he examines the Bard’s profound influence on cinema history.
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Ran
Akira Kurosawa's Ran, part of the 'Inspired by Shakespeare' season

The Times

Is King Lear’s Fool a boy or an old man? Should he be younger than Lear or older?
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The Observer

Othello as the first black Metropolitan Police chief? If you think ITV has lost the plot, then what about Macbeth as a fight between rival fast-food joints?
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The Times

The BBC tackled Shakespeare in the 1970s. So why does TV ignore him today?
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Times Educational Supplement

Daniel Rosenthal looks at how modernized film versions can illuminate Shakespeare's original texts and engage young people in and beyond the classroom.
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Evening Standard

To mark the release of Tim Blake Nelson’s O, a look at the proliferation of Shakespeare genre adaptations.
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The Independent

“Treading the broads” – Cross-dressed Shakespeare at The Globe and in the West End.
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