Shakespeare’s Life
- Synopsis
- Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and guests Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones, Professor John Sutherland and textual scholar Grace Ioppolo examine what we do know about the life of William Shakespeare. How was the low-born son of an illiterate craftsman, with a meagre education, able to write with such skill and erudition? How did a provincial man manage to become so attuned to the politics of kings? And how do we know that the plays that we have are the right plays, written by the right man and published in the form they were written?
- Series
- In Our Time
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Radio
- Transmission details
- 15 Mar 2001 at 09:02 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 45 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Charlie Taylor
- Contributor
- Grace Ioppolo; John Sutherland (3); Katherine Duncan-Jones; Melvyn Bragg
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15/3/2001
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00547ct
- Online price
- free
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
BBC Radio 4
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Distributor
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare’s Life". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72530 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)