Shakespeare’s Fame
- Synopsis
- Video of the sixth and final lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate looks at how Shakespeare immortalised figures from ancient Greece and Rome in his work and how today Shakespeare has become to us what the ancient classics were to him.
- Series
- Classic Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Recording date
- 8 May 2018
- Duration
- 48 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Jonathan Bate
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Literature; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- ancient Rome
Notes
- Notes
- Recorded at the Museum of London. A transcript of the lecture can be downloaded from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/classic-shakespeare/
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/shakespeares-fame
- Online format
- Streamed/Download
Production Company
- Name
Gresham College
- enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7831 0575
- Fax
- 020 7831 5208
- Address
- Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare’s Fame". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av78552 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)