Scuffles, Swagger and Shakespeare: The Hidden Story of English (2019)

(0) based on 0 votes
The English language is spoken by 450 million people around the globe, with a further one billion using it as a second language. It is arguably Britain’s most famous export. The man often given credit for the global triumph of English, and the invention of many of our modern words, is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s plays first hit the stage four centuries ago, as the explorers of Elizabethan England were laying the foundations for the British empire. It was this empire that would carry English around the world. Language historian and BBC New Generation Thinker Dr John Gallagher asks whether the real story of how English became a global linguistic superpower is more complex.
Directors
Release Date
Nov 12, 2019
Runtime
00h 29m
Genre
Available in streaming on
For now, we have not found any platform that offers this movie in streaming...

The English language is spoken by 450 million people around the globe, with a further one billion using it as a second language. It is arguably Britain’s most famous export. The man often given credit for the global triumph of English, and the invention of many of our modern words, is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s plays first hit the stage four centuries ago, as the explorers of Elizabethan England were laying the foundations for the British empire. It was this empire that would carry English around the world. Language historian and BBC New Generation Thinker Dr John Gallagher asks whether the real story of how English became a global linguistic superpower is more complex.

Movies like Scuffles, Swagger and Shakespeare: The Hidden Story of English

Hamlet Within

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare's creature; his origins and his unending influence on many diverse cultures.
Search similar movies
Hamlet+Within
Hamlet Within

2022

Search similar movies
Shakespeare's Country

A tour of Stratford-upon-Avon's houses and hamlets, stomping ground of a young William Shakespeare.
Search similar movies
Shakespeare%27s+Country
Shakespeare's Country

1940

Search similar movies
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives, and end up changing the world. After all, love changes everything.
Search similar movies
5.0
A+Midsummer+Night%27s+Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

2022

Search similar movies
Dead Poets Society

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Search similar movies
8.3
Dead+Poets+Society
Dead Poets Society

1989

Search similar movies
Were the World Mine

If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.
Search similar movies
6.3
Were+the+World+Mine
Were the World Mine

2008

Search similar movies
Love's Labour's Lost

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Search similar movies
6.5
Love%27s+Labour%27s+Lost
Love's Labour's Lost

2017

Search similar movies
Macbeth

A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
Search similar movies
7.2
Macbeth
RSC Live: Richard III

Young Richard of Gloucester uses the chaos of the Wars of the Roses to begin his unscrupulous climb to power in this classic Shakespearean history of a king in the throes of jealousy and murder. Despite being manifestly unfit to govern, he overcomes each obstacle in his way to seize the crown, as King Richard III. But as those around him turn against him, and as his plans begin to unravel, where else can he turn as the Lancastrian opposition returns to drag the country into battle once more and put an end to Richard’s tyrannical rule. Richard III is a savagely comic analysis of the exercise of power, reminding us of the dangers of tyranny and our duty not to let it go unchecked.
Search similar movies
8.0
RSC+Live%3A+Richard+III
RSC Live: Richard III

2022

Search similar movies
The Tempest

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Search similar movies
5.4
The+Tempest
The Tempest

2010

Search similar movies
Twelfth Night

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Search similar movies
6.9
Twelfth+Night
Twelfth Night

1996

Search similar movies
Hamlet

A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement.
Search similar movies
7.8
Hamlet
Lady

Lady is an artificially intelligent virtual assistant that is granted sentience and has to cope with the consequences of human emotions, the good and the bad.
Search similar movies
10.0
Lady
A Witch's Tangled Hare

Rabbit - in this case Bugs - is an important needed ingredient in Witch Hazel's brew.
Search similar movies
6.0
A+Witch%27s+Tangled+Hare
A Witch's Tangled Hare

1959

Search similar movies
King Lear

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Search similar movies
6.3
King+Lear
The Angelic Conversation

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving homo-erotic images and opaque landscapes through which two men take a journey into their own desires. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare's sonnets that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”
Search similar movies
5.2
The+Angelic+Conversation
The Angelic Conversation

1985

Search similar movies
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
Search similar movies
3.0
William+Shakespeare%27s+The+Taming+of+the+Shrew
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

1983

Search similar movies
Macbeth

Blood will have blood. Unbridled ambition, supernatural forces, and murderous desires reign supreme in Shakespeare’s most poetic examination of evil. When three witches tell Macbeth that he will become King of Scotland, he plots with his wife to attain the title through an assassination; a bloody act that gives him his crown and sends him careening down the path of his own undoing.
Search similar movies
8.0
Macbeth
Kamen Rider Gotchard Ver.: Romeo and Juliet Complete Edition

The extended version of the Romeo & Juliet play performance as seen in Kamen Rider Gotchard's 31st episode, and presented like it was shot in-universe.
Search similar movies
8.0
Kamen+Rider+Gotchard+Ver.%3A+Romeo+and+Juliet+Complete+Edition
Kamen Rider Gotchard Ver.: Romeo and Juliet Complete Edition

2024

Search similar movies
The Dresser

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Dresser
The Dresser

2015

Search similar movies
Macbeth

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.
Search similar movies
6.9
Macbeth
Twelfth Night

Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Search similar movies
6.0
Twelfth+Night
Twelfth Night

1967

Search similar movies
The Coronation Concert

Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings and many more perform live from Windsor Castle in celebration of Their Majesties' coronation.
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Coronation+Concert
The Coronation Concert

2023

Search similar movies
Cunk on Shakespeare

Fresh from her triumphs on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe investigating time, Winston Churchill, and Donald Trump, Philomena Cunk has finally been given her own show - about William Shakespeare. Cunk will leave no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard, visiting his birthplace, exploring the Globe, studying priceless artefacts and interviewing literally six different experts.
Search similar movies
7.5
Cunk+on+Shakespeare
Cunk on Shakespeare

2016

Search similar movies
Romeo and Juliet '99

An original, semi-modernized musical adaptation of Shakespeare's classic romance.
Search similar movies
Romeo+and+Juliet+%2799
Romeo and Juliet '99

1999

Search similar movies
Much Ado

Hero and Beatrice, cousins and best friends, have very different approaches to love. Beatrice, burned once, is fiercely avoiding her arrogant ex-boyfriend Benedick and has sworn off men in general. Hero, a true romantic, is deeply in love with Benedick's friend Claudio, but too shy to say it. When they get trapped in a house with the entire boys rugby team, they'll be forced to face the questions they'd been avoiding.
Search similar movies
10.0
Much+Ado
Much Ado About Nothing

Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to matchmake her with Benedick (her former boyfriend), but she being an independent-minded, bicycle-riding Suffragette type, it's going to take a bit of trickery.
Search similar movies
5.0
Much+Ado+About+Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

1973

Search similar movies
Next

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.
Search similar movies
7.1
Next
Macbeth

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
Search similar movies
6.5
Macbeth
Et Tu

A stage director is driven to madness during a regional production of Julius Caesar.
Search similar movies
10.0
Et+Tu
Ophelia

Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Search similar movies
7.1
Ophelia
King Lear

A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters.
Search similar movies
King+Lear
Shakespeare e a Peça de Nome Proibido

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
10.0
Shakespeare+e+a+Pe%C3%A7a+de+Nome+Proibido
Shakespeare e a Peça de Nome Proibido

2010

Search similar movies
Pendant

An art dealer is seduced by a wealthy art collector to steal a pair of prestigious paintings. She enlists the help of her ex-lover and curator to accomplish the task. Deception and betrayal ensues.
Search similar movies
Pendant
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

Join the BBC cameras as they go behind the glitter of Buckingham Palace and the pomp of Windsor Castle for a close-up look at the minutia of the monarchy. Culled from a year of unprecedented access to Queen Elizabeth II, the documentary trails the queen as she interacts one-on-one with her family, her staff, her public, and international heads of state. Go behind closed doors for Christmas with the royal family, eavesdrop on cocktail chatter with Ron and Nancy Reagan, and catch unguarded moments when the queen pilots her own jeep or romps with her dogs. Elizabeth R. is a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into the everyday life of a queen.
Search similar movies
7.8
Elizabeth+R%3A+A+Year+in+the+Life+of+The+Queen
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen

1992

Search similar movies
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story

A film that chronicles the life of Ric Weiland. The unsung hero of Microsoft and trailblazer for the LGBTQ community, Ric's bequeathed $65 million dollars to the Pride Foundation to support gay rights and HIV research. It is a dive deep into Ric's life and diaries to discover why Ric was the biggest benefactor for the gay community, why his friends loved him so much, and how he helped start an empire.
Search similar movies
5.5
Yes+I+Am%3A+The+Ric+Weiland+Story
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story

2021

Search similar movies
Sans Soleil

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Search similar movies
7.4
Sans+Soleil
Sans Soleil

1983

Search similar movies
Daybreak Express

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.
Search similar movies
7.3
Daybreak+Express
Daybreak Express

1953

Search similar movies
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitler’s, a leader of the notorious SA and the Third Reich’s minister in charge of Slovakia, including its Final Solution? Executed as a war criminal in 1947, Hanns Ludin left behind a grieving widow and six young children, the youngest of whom became a filmmaker. It's a fascinating, maddening, sometimes even humorous look at what the director calls "a typical German story." (Film Forum)
Search similar movies
6.6
2+or+3+Things+I+Know+About+Him
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him

2005

Search similar movies
The Bridge

The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Bridge
The Bridge

2006

Search similar movies
March of the Penguins

Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
Search similar movies
7.1
March+of+the+Penguins
March of the Penguins

2005

Search similar movies
Perfect Feet

A feature length documentary film about one man's journey to find the perfect set of feet
Search similar movies
6.0
Perfect+Feet
Perfect Feet

2019

Search similar movies