Shakespeare’s Women - Sluts and Wenches
- Alternative title
- Shakespeare’s Best Supporting Female Roles
- Synopsis
- Last in a radio series on Shakespeare’s ‘Best Supporting female roles’. Presenter Judi Herman talks to some of the women playing parts of the ‘country wenches’, such as Audrey and Phoebe from As You Like It , Mopsa and Dorcas in The Winter’s Tale and the ‘town wench’ Doll Tearsheet from Henry IV, Part 2, and also to Pippa Guard, lecturer in Drama and English at the University of Greenwich. With illustrative extracts from the Derby Playhouse, the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Shakespeare Globe.
- Series
- Woman’s Hour
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 18 Jun 2007 at 10:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 10 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Judi Herman; Pippa Guard
- Cast
Ken Bradshaw Touchstone Alexia Healy Doll Tearsheet Amanda Daniels Mopsa Frances Ashman Dorcas Sian Rees-Williams Phebe Sophie Abelson Audrey
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- As You Like It; Henry IV Part 2; Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); women
Notes
- Notes
- The programme is available to listen to at the BBC’s Woman’s Hour art theatre archive site http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_25_mon.shtml (accessed 2/2011)
- Reviews
- Source: BBC Programme information http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_25_mon.shtml (accessed 2/2011),
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
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- Web
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- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
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- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
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- Web
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- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare’s Women - Sluts and Wenches". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av73128 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)