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8 results found for '"English language"' in Keywords.
Babel (2012 Television)
- Series
- Fry’s Planet Word
- Director
- John-Paul Davidson
- Producer
- John-Paul Davidson
In this five-part, BBC television series renowned polymath and wordsmith Stephen Fry investigates how language has played a crucial role in human evolution. He travels the world to learn the history of...
Shakespeare’s Original Pronounciation (2012 Audio)
Audio CD featuring speeches and scenes performed as Shakespeare might have heard them. Under the guidance of Ben Crystal, actor and expert in original Shakespearean pronunciation in performance, a company of...
From Shakespeare - With Love (2009 Audio)
- Director
- David Timson
70 of Shakespeare’s sonnets read unabridged by actors including David Tennant, Anton Lesser and Juliet Stevenson. Directed and selected by David Timson.
Culture: English Takes Center Stage (2001 Video)
Documentary. The export of Western culture has made English a star performer on the world stage. This programme discusses the ubiquity of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, explaining their roles in...
All the World His Stage (2000 Radio)
- Series
- Sunday Feature
- Producer
- Abigail Appleton
Radio broadcast. Jonathan Bate examines Shakespeare’s international impact with speakers from Moscow, Barbados, Berlin and New York. He explores how Shakespeare’s plays have been interpreted across...
Shakespeare’s Language (2000 Audio)
A talk by Frank Kermode as part of the ‘Chapter and Verse:1000 years of English Literature at the British Library’ exhibition. Recorded at the British Library Auditorium (London). The talk was tied to...
Story of English, The (1998 Video)
- Producer
- Pater Dale; Vivian Ducat
1: The diversity of ‘varieties’ of English in use throughout the world including public school/Oxbridge, post-colonial in India and Africa, feminist, high-tech, American, Pacific Basin, gay, academic....
Shakespeare. Part 3 (1964 Radio)
- Series
- University of the Air
Third of a series of five talks on Shakespeare. G. Wilson Knight speaks on Shakespeare and the English language.