Alex Heeney interviews co-directors Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan whose new film Ghostlight was a hit at Sundance. Ghostlight is the story of middle-aged construction worker Dan (Ian Keiser) who discovers that theatre and Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet are excellent outlets for working through his complicated feelings of grief, guilt, and anger.

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Show Notes

• Read Lindsay Pugh's interview with Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan on Saint Frances
• Listen to our podcast on abortion on film featuring Saint Frances
• Listen to the 21st Folio Shakespeare Podcast

Related Episodes - Shakespeare on film

• Bonus Episode 24: Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (excerpt)
• Bonus Episode 22: Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth (excerpt)
• Ep. 124: Olivia Vinall on performing Shakespeare
• Bonus Episode 17: Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle in The Tragedy of Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre (excerpt)

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