Antoine Yared and Sara Farb play the star-crossed lovers in Scott Wentworth’s production from 2017. The cast also includes Marion Adler as Lady Capulet, Evan Buliung as Mercutio, Jamie Mac as Benvolio, Seana McKenna as Nurse, Zlatomir Moldovanski as Tybalt and Gordon Patrick White as Paris.

The Toronto Star said of this production, “At the production’s heart is the freshness and credibility of the relationship between Sara Farb and Antoine Yared as the title characters. They play them as youthful, impulsive, and vivacious, but far from a perfect hero and heroine. There are tantrums, shrieks, and teenage mood swings aplenty, many of which play as welcome moments of comedy. The usually central scenes of their meeting, marriage, and morning-after-consummation are handled swiftly, as pivot points in the driving forward action.”

This is the first of five productions that CTG will be making available. Upcoming in this series will be Love’s Labour’s Lost on January 14th; Antony & Cleopatra on February 11th; King Lear and March 11th and Macbeth on April 8th.

Tickets are free for donor and subscribers. $10 for everyone else.

Photo: Antoine Yared and Sara Farb in Stratford Festival’s Romeo and Juliet. (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann/Courtesy Stratford Festival)

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Unlike many other streaming options available to view, the Stratford Festival is making each production available for three weeks. To access the films, just click on the link in the first paragraph.

The Stratford Festival has grouped three plays into four different themes.

Trilogy #1: Social Order and Leadership

The Stratford Shakespeare Film Festival began last week with King Lear starring Colm Feore. King Lear began April 23rd and will be available through May 14th.

André Sills stars as Coriolanus, a Roman General who, after a significant victory, proves to be an immature and boastful man who has no empathy towards the lower class. Robert LePage directed this production. Coriolanus will be available April 30th to May 21st.

That Scottish play, aka Macbeth, will be available May 7th to May 28th. Ian Lake stars as the title character. Krystin Pellerin stars as Lady MacBeth. Michael Blake is MacDuff and Scott Wentworth is Banquo. Shelagh O’Brien directed the film of the play directed by Antonio Cimolino.

Trilogy #2: Isolation

The second trilogy is called Isolation. It begins on May 14th with The Tempest, which will be available through June 4th. Timon of Athens will run May 21st to June 11th. Love’s Labour’s Lost concludes this trilogy May 28th to June 18th.

Trilogy #3: Minds Pushed to the Edge

The third trilogy is called Minds Pushed to the Edge. Hamlet will launch on June 4th and run through June 25th. King John is next starting June 11th and available through June 2nd. Pericles closes out this trilogy June 18th to July 9th.

Trilogy #4: Relationships

The final trilogy is named Relationships and features three very different views of relationships. The historical drama Antony and Cleopatra starts June 25th and will be available through July 16th. Romeo and Juliet, the ultimate tragedy, will be available July 2nd to July 23rd. This trilogy, and the entire film festival, concludes with the comedy The Taming of the Shrew from July 9th to July 30th.

As each trilogy gets started, we will update you with cast and additional details.

In the meantime all you Anglophiles and Shakespeare fans, you have much to look forward to with the Stratford Shakespeare Film Festival.

Main Photo: Ian Lake with members of the company of Macbeth (Photo by David Hou)

All photos courtesy of the Stratford Festival

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