Trevor Nunn

Deception Can Ruin You (An Analysis on Macbeth) “Actions speak louder than words and in the tragedy Macbeth, the actions of the central characters are screaming” (Drake). “Macbeth” is a tragic play produced by the well-known playwright William Shakespeare. This play began to spark multiple controversies over Shakespeare’s work. In 1606, this play was officially showed, and Shakespeare made some brave decisions regarding the scenes involved in the play. Although this is a well-known play, only few truly understand the true messages that are intervened inside of the play. Deception plays a huge part in this tragic play. “Macbeth” is written based on multiple events that take place and create obvious ways that deception is adapted. One main example of deception in “Macbeth” is when the characters drastically change into traitors. Not only were these men and women portraying traitor like qualities towards each other, but even to their country. “Yet despite his composed manner, Malcolm’s description of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is unflinchingly brutal” (Varney). Although it can be hard to tell who the traitors are now, especially at the beginning of the play, you can slowly witness them begin to take those steps towards acting as traitors. For example, the King states, “There’s no art To find the mind’s construction in the face” (Act 1, Scene 5). The king is implying that although some people may be incredibly quick to judge, we never truly know how a person is until their true…

The Trevor Nunn's version of the film has many good qualitys, but compared to the Michael Radford version of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice it is not as good. The Micheal Radford's film is better because of the choice of clothes, their choice in setting, and their speech also why othere belive these reasons do not make a good movie. In the Micheal Radford film the choice of their clothing was old, ladies wearing elegant dresses, men wearing cloaks and robes, it makes it feel as though…

He wore his hair the only way he could a bald island in the middle of his head. Where he lived, Sandy Shores, was a dry desolate place with nothing to do no one to be with. He worked as the head of his own makeshift company, Trevor Philips industries, they produced methamphetamines, marijuana and other things and owned dispensaries around Los Santos. During his free time trevor liked visiting the local night club or bar, he enjoyed talk about real things like why he is the way he is, or if he’ll…

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved the movie, Space Jam. The movie introduced me to Bill Murray (starring as Bill), to Danny DeVito (who played the evil theme park proprietor - Swackhammer), and of course to the the infamous Michael Jordan. I was so engorged in this sci-fi kids movie that I related almost everything to Michael Jordan and Space Jam. In school, I’d only buy Gatorade products, I’d constantly worry about what Bugs Bunny would think if I failed a test, or if switching from…

Enemy, Fish, Marian Gold, Golden Smog, Mo Kenney, Brian Molko, Camille O'Sullivan, Old 97's, The Outcasts, Deadly Sins, The Polyphonic Spree, The Postmarks, Techno Cowboy, Phish and even Frank Sidebottom to name but a few. It’s rumored that its origins came from a nightmare that David Bowie had one night in his 20’s, in the nightmare his then decease father told him “he must never fly again or he would die in five years”, this led him to write this very unusual piece of work and by retroactively…

The transition from the 1970's to the 1980's was dominated by new wave and synthpop music. These genres were characterized by synthesizers and keyboards, giving this transition a futuristic and science-fiction-like soundtrack. An iconic song of this era would be "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. In addition to its ~ this song expresses a theme of older technology being overshadowed by newer, more advanced technology. Trevor Horn met Geoffrey Downes at an audition for Tina Charles’…

In 1978 Trevor Nunn directed a Macbeth film that is frequently considered being the definitive Macbeth film. This film stars Ian McKellen and Judi Dench. It was based on a Royal Shakespeare Company stage creation of Macbeth that was brilliant success. Trevor Nunn stays faithful to the content of the play and the interplay between the light and the darkness is more than striking in his adaptation of Macbeth. To create a puzzling and peculiar ambience for the viewers, the scene is played in…

Merchant of Venice - Radford vs. Nunn The story Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is a timeless classic that many people know and love. It is a comical yet moving text that touches on many relatable topics including love, friendship, loss, confliction, and hatred. Although there are undoubtedly many film version of this piece, there are two that are often debated on. The first is the version created by Michael Radford in 2004, and the second is the version created by Trevor Nunn in 2001.…

There are three main components of Radford’s portrayal of The Merchant of Venice that create an all around superior film than Nunn’s portrayal of the Shakespeare play, the time period, the cast, and the way the film is shot.Michael Radford kept the time period that the film takes place in the same as the original text, while Trevor Nunn did not and changed the time period in his movie to in between World War I and II. The cast in this adaptation of The Merchant of Venice are great actors and at…

In 1891, Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler debuted at the Residenzentheater in Munich, Germany. Hedda Gabler has been adapted to screen several times since it's original 1891 run, though the majority of English translated versions remained televised adaptations. The most notable stage to screen adaptation is the 1975 remake which was adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and stared Peter Eyre, Patrick Stewart, Glenda Jackson as the titular character. This version garnered critical acclaim from the New…