Shakespeare Reimagined

Bringing his Stories to the Screen

In partnership with the Coolidge Corner Theatre

Hosted by the Coolidge Corner Theatre

In partnership with Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA, the “Shakespeare Reimagined” series brings the Bard’s works to the silver screen with film screenings accompanied by a Q&A session with experts in both theater and film or pre-show discussion. 

Thursday, February 29 at 7 pm – A MIDWINTER’S TALE

“A Midwinter’s Tale”, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Kenneth Branagh writes and directs a comic tale about an out-of-work actor’s desperate attempt to salvage his career and his life by staging a production of Hamlet. In this salute to dyed-in-the-wool and other woolly-brained thespians, Michael Maloney (Truly Madly Deeply) portrays Joe, maxing out credit cards and his wits to realize his dream. Does he succeed? Well, with Richard Briers (Branagh’s Hamlet), Joan Collins (“Dynasty”), Nicholas Farrell (Chariots of Fire), “Absolutely Fabulous” alumna Jennifer Saunders and Julia Sawatha, and more joining Maloney, one thing’s certain: the show must go on!

Bryn Boice, director of CSC’s 2024 Shakespeare on the Common production of The Winter’s Tale, will lead a post-screening discussion with guest panelists, professor Nathan Blake and actress Karen MacDonald (Gertrude, CSC’s Hamlet).

Admission is $16.25 for general admission, $13.25 for Coolidge Corner Theater members. The price includes the film screening (123 minutes) and the panel discussion (which will run approximately 30-40 minutes). 

Monday, April 22 at 7 pm – SHE’S THE MAN

She’s the Man (2006)
Directed by Andy Fickman
Shown from left: Clifton MaCabe Murray, Brandon Jay McLaren, Channing Tatum, Amanda Bynes

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola’s twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus. Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum star in this early-’00 teen comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, from the writers of “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Legally Blonde”.

This screening will include a preshow introduction.

Admission is $16.25 for general admission, $13.25 for Coolidge Corner Theater members. The price includes the film screening (123 minutes) and the panel discussion (which will run approximately 30-40 minutes).

Past Screenings:

Monday, January 22 at 7 pm – FORBIDDEN PLANET 

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Shown: Leslie Nielsen (as Cmmr. James J. Adams), Anne Francis (as Altaira Morbius), Robby the Robot (voice, Marvin Miller)

In this sci-fi classic–inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest–a spacecraft travels to the distant planet Altair IV to discover the fate of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier. When Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), who was born on the remote planet. Soon, Adams begins to uncover the mystery of what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors.

Post-screening discussion will be led by Regine Vital, with guests Northeastern Professor of Media Nathan Blake and Actress Nora Eschenheimer (Miranda, CSC’s The Tempest 2021).

Admission is $16.25 for general admission, $13.25 for Coolidge Corner Theater members. The price includes the film screening (123 minutes) and the panel discussion (which will run approximately 30-40 minutes). 

Parking Info

Nearby metered public parking is available behind the theatre (on Centre Street one block from Harvard Street) and along Beacon Street. Meters are free after 8:00pm and on Sundays and holidays.

Parking is also available just a short walk away at the Courtyard Marriott in their parking garage for a similar fee.

Additional parking at an hourly rate is available across Beacon and Centre Streets at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel garage on Webster Street.

The Coolidge’s film and video exhibition areas are accessible by elevators. All are also equipped with a variety of options for patrons that are hard of hearing, deaf, blind, and/or visually impaired. For questions about accessibility or to make any disability-related accommodation requests, please email info@coolidge.org.

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