Are You More Squeamish Than a Shakespearean?
- Synopsis
- Educational radio series in which husband and wife Greg James and Bella Mackie meet inspiring teachers. In this edition GCSE English teacher Mrs Steele gives them a lesson about just how gross life was in Shakespeare’s day.
Greg and Bella will work out if they could survive a day in Elizabethan London; hear about the crazy ideas that informed early medicine and their unlikely cures; find out how women’s health was treated differently and see how all these ideas played out in the theatre of the day. - Series
- Teach Me a Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 25 Jun 2022 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 5)
- Duration
- 45 mins
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- History; Medical sciences; Women’s studies; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Elizabethan drama
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Are You More Squeamish Than a Shakespearean?". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79851 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)