Films of Donmar's trilogy of Shakespeare plays set in women's prisons performed by the inmates.
DIrector Phyllida Lloyd’s metatheatrical approach made the actors inmates in a women’s prison assuming the characters in Shakespeare’s plays and the consequences of social and criminal justice inequities are brought to the forefront. The casts, led by Harriet Walter, evoke a raw, tragic pain. Shot in front of a live audience, the films were edited to include hand-held and GoPro footage, breaking the formality of the traditional live camera “capture” of stage productions and bringing the audience into the center of the action.
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