SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Five-part series in which Michael Kustow explores Shakespeare’s status as the world’s most popular playwright. In episode three Kustow explores the challenges of presenting and studying Shakespeare in other countries whose language is English. Kevin Kline talks about the actor’s encounter with a sometimes forbidding English tradition, director Peter Sellars compares the conflicts of Shakespeare’s England with America now, and Anita Loombia shows how Shakespeare was woven into the social structure of colonial India and has been appropriated by Indian street theatre.

Series

Everybody’s Shakespeare

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

16 Nov 1994 at 21:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Contributor

Anita Loombia; Kevin Kline; Michael Kustow; Peter Sellars

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

India; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); street theatre; Colonialism

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

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