SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Video podcast. A series of talks from an interdisciplinary event held by the St Edmund Hall Centre for the Creative Brain in Oxford on 26 November 2016. The speakers interpret the theme of ‘Shakespeare and the Brain’ in various ways, examining it from the perspective of literature scholars, neuroscientists and actors. All the talks are aimed at a non-specialist audience. In this edition
Roland Oliver (an actor and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) concludes the ‘Shakespeare and the Brain’ event by reading relevant extracts from three of Shakespeare’s plays. He also discusses the extracts briefly, in the light of some of the themes raised by the earlier speakers. The extracts are: Richard II Act V, sc v; Macbeth Act II, sc i; Henry IV Part 2, Act IV, sc iii.

Series

Shakespeare and the Brain

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

29 Nov 2016

Credits

Contributor

Roland Oliver

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Henry IV Part 2; Macbeth; Richard II

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

brain sciences; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Online Availability

Online URL

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/extracts-shakespeare-read-roland-oliver-actor-richard-ii-act-v-scene-5-macbeth-act-ii

Production Company

Name

University of Oxford, Faculty of English

Web

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Distributor

Name

University of Oxford Podcasts

Web

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