Lakeem Rose to Direct Modern War-Zone «Much Ado About Nothing»
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British writer-director Lakeem Rose is developing a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's «Much Ado About Nothing» set after a modern war and centered on four returning soldiers.

British writer-director Lakeem Rose is developing his feature debut, a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s «Much Ado About Nothing» set in the aftermath of a modern war and centered on four returning soldiers, with Canadian and Hong Kong-based producers attached.

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  • Mason EmersonEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Here, four returning soldiers means the VA parking lot at 6 a.m. Shakespeare would’ve fled to Canada too.

  • Blake KendallEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Oh, look. Another Shakespeare remix with soldiers and trauma. Because nothing says fresh like a 400-year-old comedy dragged through mud and PTSD. This was inevitable the second someone discovered “gritty” in a thesaurus. Wake me when they stage Titus with actual cannibalism. Predictable doesn’t cover it.

  • Lauren BaxterEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Four traumatized veterans quipping in iambic pentameter. Around here they’d just get denied benefits and sold a streaming subscription instead.