We're thrilled to welcome back Michael Billington with a carefully curated season of Shakespeare adaptations.
"People often say that if Shakespeare were alive today he would be writing for the movies. What is startling is how often, since the beginnings of cinema, his plays have been adapted for the
screen. Following a highly successful season devoted to the work of Harold Pinter, Chiswick Cinema now focuses on the infinite variety of filmed Shakespeare and will accompany four major screenings with talks, supplementary showings and celebrity interviews."
-- Michael Billington
Michael Billington has written about theatre for the Guardian since 1971. His books include The 101 Greatest Plays and State of the Nation: British Theatre Since 1945. As Harold Pinter's official biographer he curated with the cinema the Pinter on Screen retrospective and hosted exclusive events with Rupert Everett and Maxwell Caulfield.