Synopsis

Sound recording. Professor Stanley Wells delivers The Shakespeare Lecture at the 1987 Cheltenham Literature Festival. Wells discusses Shakespeare’s plays as retold by Charles and Mary Lamb, Mary Seymour, Mary McLeod, Thomas Carter, John Buchan, Hugh Walpole, Clemence Dane, Winston Churchill, Francis Brett Young. Viscount Snowden and Bernard Miles. From the Everyman Theatre, presented by Gordon Parsons.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

16 Oct 1987

Credits

Contributor

Stanley Wells

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Literary adaptation

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

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