SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. In this edition of the news programme, presented by Elizabeth Blair, an 8 minute item argues that if Shakespeare were alive today he would be in real estate. Patrick Stewart notes that Shakespeare owned shares in the Globe Theatre and his wealth allowed him to accumulate a substantial amount of property ‘he was a capitalist, no doubt about that’. Shakespeare would make receive large royalties from publishing sales and theatre ticket sales, Stewart argues. Barbara Hodgdon, author of The Shakespeare Trade notes that only three of Shakespeare’s plots weren’t borrowed from somebody else ‘so if he were writing today,' Hodgdon says, ‘he would certainly need a team of lawyers to handle lawsuits’. Gary Taylor, author of Reinventing Shakespeare thinks Shakespeare would have been well suited to writing scripts for THE SOPRANOS as the show, like many of his plays, revolves about men and power struggles.

Series

Morning Edition

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

20 Nov 2006 (Channel: NPR)

Duration

8 mins

Credits

Contributor

Barbara Hodgdon; Elizabeth Blair; Gary Taylor (2); Patrick Stewart

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Hollywood; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The programme is available for download at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6492156 (accessed 7/2008).

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6492156

Production Company

Name

NPR

Web

https://www.npr.org/ External site opens in new window

Notes

National Public Radio, based in Washington, USA.