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Below you will find information about all three seasons of Shakespeare Republic, working from Season Three back to Season One.
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SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC SEASON THREE

THE SNAPSHOT

Using Shakespeare’s original text and characters, we shine a light on the human experience in a COVID-19 world, featuring actors from Australia and around the world. Premiering on Friday, August 7, 2020, this third season of Shakespeare Republic has accumulated over 110,000 views across all released episodes as of December 2021.


FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT SUMMARY

This third season of Shakespeare Republic is ranked in the TOP 10 web series in the world and is the Most Awarded Anthology Series globally for 2021 (Ranked #6 out of 800+ web series around the world & at #2 in Australia) according to number of awards the season received in 2021 from the Top 20 webfests around the globe (Source: 2021 Web Series World Cup).

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS – 2020-2021

International award highlights include winning the Best Film Award at the 2020 Falstaff Awards in the USA (previous winners include The Hollow Crown series (BBC), Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender), Best Director for Sally McLean and Best International Web Series at the New York City WebFest in the USA, The Michael Ajakwe Award For Innovation at the 2020 Sydney WebFest, the Special Highlight Award for ‘being a quintessential representation of this moment in time’ from the 2021 D.C. Webfest in the USA in conjunction with the Australian Embassy to the USA, Creator Amets (Best Independent Showrunner) for Sally McLean at Seriesland 2021 in Bilbao, Spain, The Michael Ajakwe Award at the 2021 Digital Media Festival in Italy, Best Director (International Narrative) for Sally McLean and Best Ensemble Cast (International Narrative) from the 2021 NZ WebFest in New Zealand, Best Writer of a Dramatic Web Series for Sally McLean at the 2021 Baltimore Next Media Festival in the USA and the Best Director Award For Web Series for Sally McLean from the 2021 Seoul WebFest in South Korea, as awarded by the SWF Jury from the 180 web series Seoul WebFest selected from around the world in 2021.

To see the full list of this season’s awards, nominations and official selections, visit our FESTIVALS & AWARDS page.


SEASON THREE TRAILER

Direct link: https://vimeo.com/509312533


SEASON THREE POSTERS

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Information about cast, crew, the film and anything else relevant to the press. Downloadable as a PDF for your convenience.

QUICK DETAILS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC: #ALLTHEWEBSASTAGE (THE LOCKDOWN CHRONICLES) (SEASON THREE):

Produced by Incognita Enterprises
Producers: Sally McLean & Billy Smedley
Co-Producers: Phoebe Anne Taylor & Christopher Kirby
Adapted & Directed by Sally McLean
Editor: Sally McLean
Colourist: Thanassi Panagiotaras

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SEASON THREE FILM STILLS

CARIS VUJCEC (USA)
LEO ATKIN (UK)
MAYA COHEN (AUSTRALIA)
CHRISTOPHER KIRBY (AUSTRALIA)
LAURA GARDNER (USA)
MIGUEL PEREZ (USA)
DON BRIDGES (AUSTRALIA)
YOLANDA OVIDE (UK)
MARK DICKINSON (AUSTRALIA)
FRANK COLLISON (USA)
EMMA KNIEBE (UK)
JUSTIN HOSKING (AUSTRALIA)
PHOEBE ANNE TAYLOR (AUSTRALIA)
MARK McMINN (UK)
DANIELLE FARROW (UK)
JODI HAIGH (AUSTRALIA)
PHILIP HAYDEN (AUSTRALIA)
JESSICA MARTIN (AUSTRALIA)
ROBERT MYLES (UK)
SASS PINCI (AUSTRALIA)
TIM CONSTANTINE (AUSTRALIA)
SARAH PEACHEY (UK)
DOMINIC BREWER (UK)
SALLY McLEAN (AUSTRALIA)

SEASON THREE DIRECTOR INFORMATION

DIRECTOR HEADSHOT
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR NOTES ON SEASON THREE
DIRECTOR REEL

SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC SEASON TWO

THE SNAPSHOT

Winner of the 2017 CINE Golden Eagle Award for Best Digital Series with an incredible run on the international film festival circuit (ranked at #14 on the 2017 Web Series World Cup globally and at #3 in Australia), Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard explores a day in the life of 13 of Shakespeare’s characters who exist in the same world, living their lives in modern society, sometimes meeting, sometimes passing like ships in the night, all using Shakespeare’s original text.


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Information about cast, crew, the film and anything else relevant to the press. Downloadable as a PDF for your convenience.

QUICK DETAILS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC: #LOVETHEBARD (SEASON TWO):

Produced by Incognita Enterprises
Producers: Sally McLean & Billy Smedley
Adapted & Directed by Sally McLean
Cinematographer: Shaun Herbertson
Editors: Sally McLean & Thanassi Panagiotaras
Colourist: Thanassi Panagiotaras

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SEASON TWO FILM STILLS

Michala Banas as “Hamlet”
Phoebe Anne Taylor as “Sebastian”
Nadine Garner as “Viola”
Dean Haglund as “Iago”
Alan Fletcher as “Jaques”
Chrisopher Kirby as “Sir Thomas More”
Michala Banas as “Hamlet”
Sally McLean as “Beatrice”
Stephen Costan as “Queen Margaret”
Chrisopher Kirby as “Sir Thomas More”
Billy Smedley as “Henry V”
Nadine Garner as “Viola”
Tariro Mavondo as “Cleopatra”
Wahibe Moussa as “Katherina”
Phoebe Anne Taylor as “Sebastian”
Billy Smedley as “Henry V”
Stephen Costan as “Queen Margaret”
Shane Savage as :Helena”
Falon Ryan as “Edmund”
Dean Haglund as “Iago” with Sally McLean as “Beatrice”
Tariro Mavondo as “Cleopatra”
Phoebe Anne Taylor as “Sebastian”
Henry V’s Men
Alan Fletcher as “Jaques”

SEASON TWO BEHIND-THE-SCENES STILLS


SEASON TWO DIRECTOR INFORMATION

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DIRECTOR NOTES ON SEASON TWO
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SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC SEASON ONE

THE SNAPSHOT

Using some of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues and sonnets, each episode is a stand-alone ‘snapshot’ of a piece of modern life – be it social, political, emotional or … otherwise. Each piece stands as an individual ‘moment in time’ that highlights how Shakespeare (and his fellow Elizabethan playwrights) were talking about issues and ideas that we are still debating and experiencing today.


SEASON ONE TRAILER

DIRECT LINK: https://vimeo.com/136721811

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Information about cast, crew, the series and anything else relevant to the press. Downloadable as a PDF for your convenience.

QUICK DETAILS ABOUT SEASON ONE:

Adapted, Directed & Produced by Sally McLean
Co-Produced by Billy Smedley & Perri Cummings
Edited by Sally McLean
Cinematography by Shaun Herbertson, James Dene & Yanni Dellaportas
Sound Design/Editing by Tim McCormick

Starring: Michala Banas, Alan Fletcher, Rowena Hutson, Sally McLean, Billy Smedley & Ben Steel

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SEASON ONE PUBLICITY PHOTOS

PICTURED (L-R): Ben Steel, Michala Banas, Alan Fletcher, Rowena Hutson, Sally McLean and Billy Smedley. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED (L-R): Ben Steel, Michala Banas, Alan Fletcher, Rowena Hutson, Sally McLean and Billy Smedley. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED (L-R): Alan Fletcher, Rowena Hutson, Sally McLean, Michala Banas, Ben Steel and Billy Smedley. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Alan Fletcher. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Michala Banas. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Michala Banas. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Ben Steel. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Ben Steel. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Rowena Hutson. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Rowena Hutson. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Billy Smedley. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Billy Smedley. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Sally McLean. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED: Sally McLean. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED (L-R): Sally McLean, Alan Fletcher and Michala Banas. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED (L-R): Alan Fletcher and Sally McLean. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.
PICTURED (L-R): Michala Banas, Alan Fletcher, Rowena Hutson, Billy Smedley, Sally McLean and Ben Steel. Photo by Yanni Dellaportas.

SEASON ONE FILM STILLS

Rowena Hutson as “Hamlet”
Alan Fletcher as “Macbeth”
Michala Banas as “Phoebe”
Billy Smedley as “Hamlet”
Sally McLean performing “Sonnet #18”
Ben Steel as “Juliet”
Sally McLean in her episode of Shakespeare Republic. Photo: Shaun Herbertson
Alan Fletcher as “Macbeth”
Michala Banas as Phebe from As You Like It (Photo by James Dene)