European Drama Network is a producer and online distributor of modern movies of classic plays and texts. Founded by producer Simon M. Woods in 2007, it first film was The Mandrake Root

The Mandrake Root

The Mandrake Root is a 2008 comedy drama film adapted and directed by Malachi Bogdanov as his first feature film. The film was produced by Simon M...

, based on the play The Mandrake

The Mandrake

The Mandrake is a satirical play by Italian Renaissance writer Niccolò Machiavelli. Its tale of the corruption of Italian society was written while Machiavelli was in exile, allegedly having plotted against the Medici...

by Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...

 in 1518, and directed by Malachi Bogdanov

Malachi Bogdanov

Associate Director of the English Shakespeare Company Malachi Bogdanov directed international tours of productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Threepenny Opera, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus and an award winning production of Richard the Third...

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European drama network was founded with the aim of making modern movies from classic plays and bringing them to a global audience via the internet, because many these plays and stories would struggle to find an outlet in mainstream cinema or TV.