Doctor Who companion Arthur Darvill to appear in Doctor Faustus on the big screen
Rory Pond himself will star in one of three Globe Theatre productions heading to cinemas this autumn
Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill is among the cast of thespians who’ll be bringing a selection of classic plays to the big screen this autumn, when three stage productions filmed at London’s Globe Theatre are screened in cinemas.
Shakespeare’s Globe has teamed up with Arts Alliance Media to release HD recordings of the Bard's plays All’s Well That Ends Well, Much Ado about Nothing and Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus theatrically in Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand in a season of films dubbed Globe on Screen.
As well as Darvill, who plays Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus, the films also include the likes of King’s Speech actress Eve Best taking centre stage in Much Ado and small-screen veteran Michael Bertenshaw heading up the cast in All’s Well.
All’s Well will open in British cinemas on Wednesday 26 September, Much Ado on 10 October and Faustus on 24 October, and you can find more information about the season at the Globe on Screen website.
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