{"id":15748,"date":"2014-07-20T23:59:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=15748"},"modified":"2014-08-16T17:47:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T16:47:32","slug":"now-in-the-wings-on-a-world-stage-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2014\/07\/20\/now-in-the-wings-on-a-world-stage-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Now In the Wings on a World Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Depicting the Old Vic’s touring production<\/a> of Shakespeare’s Richard III<\/a> in 2011, this documentary – directed by Jeremy Whelehan\u00a0– explores how a theatre company goes about presenting Shakespeare to a contemporary global audience.<\/p>\n

Back in 2003, actor Kevin Spacey<\/a> took over as the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London<\/a> and one of his aims was to revive the kind of plays that made it famous, especially revivals of Shakespeare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most iconic performance of Richard III was Laurence Olivier’s portrayal<\/a> at the Old Vic in 1944, where the nascent National Theatre company was later born<\/a>, so this seemed like a natural play for Spacey to reinterpret.<\/p>\n