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FILE - In this Thursday June 12 1997 file photo, Britain\'s Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of the Shakespeare Globe Trust, attend a special celebratory performance to mark the reopening of the Globe Theatre in London. The Queen and Duke were seated in the 3rd box from the right in the center row. Theater fans can now stream some Shakespeare, if they have the bandwidth for the Bard. Shakespeare\'s Globe, London’s a reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse, is making its productions available for download through a video-on-demand service. Globe Player will offer more than 50 filmed productions to rent or buy, including an acclaimed all-male "Twelfth Night" starring Mark Rylance, as well as interviews with Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jude Law and others. (AP photo/pool, file)

Download drama: Shakespeare’s Globe launches video-on-demand service for Bard’s plays

LONDON – Theater fans can now stream some Shakespeare, if they have the bandwidth for the Bard.

Shakespeare’s Globe, London’s reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse, is making its productions available for download through a video-on-demand service.

Globe Player will offer more than 50 filmed productions to rent or buy, including an acclaimed all-male “Twelfth Night” starring Mark Rylance, as well as interviews with Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jude Law and others.

Artistic director Dominic Dromgoole said Tuesday that the Globe was “the first theatre with its own dedicated video-on-demand platform.” He said it would help the company “take Shakespeare out into the world and share his astonishing plays with as many people as possible.”

The Internet is the latest frontier for theatre companies, which have recently gained new audiences through live cinema broadcasts.

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