Shakespeare and the Globe

Synopsis: OU radio programme demonstrating how a scholar sets about reconstructing an artefact which disappeared more than three hundred years ago, and it does so by examining Shakespeare’s Globe theatre.the theatrical company of which Shakespeare was a member occupied successively two playhouses called The Globe. The first was destroyed by fire; the second was pulled down in 1644, during the Civil War. There is not much direct evidence to show what they were like. C. Walter Hodges attempts to reconstruct them from the few contemporary pictures that remain, supplemented by internal evidence from Elizabethan plays.

Broadcast in support of the OU A101 Arts Foundation course.
Series: Open University A101
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 11 Apr 1978 (Channel: BBC)
Duration: 17 mins

Notes: The Open University’s library and archive facilities are available to students and staff of the OU only. Outside researchers wishing to gain access should contact the Librarian. A script is also available for reference.

SHAKESPEARE