John Wyver

John Wyver

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John Wyver is an English producer, writer and director. In 1982, Wyver and Geoff Dunlop co-founded the independent media production company Illuminations. From 2011-15, he led the AHRC-funded research project Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on Television. In 2019, he published a monograph, The Royal Shakespeare Company on Screen: A Critical History.

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Hamlet 2009 (7.3)

David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.
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Macbeth 2010 (6.9)

Renowned Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart features as the eponymous anti-hero in this Soviet-era adaptation of one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies.
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Rocky Horror Show Live 2015 (7.2)

Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.