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400 Hundred Years on, Shakespeare on the Screen

British Council and Cuban Film Archive celebrating that Shakespeare lives.

• From: British Embassy Havana
• Published: 14 October 2016

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The worldwide celebrations of the 400 years which have gone by since the passing of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) could most certainly not have been overlooked by the Cuban Film Archive. Four centuries on, when Shakespearean plots continue to arouse the imagination of multiple filmmakers, the Film Archive will screen from 14 to 23 October a new cycle gathering several attempts to transpose into the language of motion pictures the legacy of the man who brought together the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the erudite and the popular.

For further information, please find the leaflet of programme herewith. Shakespeare Programme (PDF, 240 KB, 2 pages)

Published 14 October 2016