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  • Sources for Twelfth Night, The (2022 Audio)

    aka: Episode 41

    Series
    Ripe Good Scholar

    Audio podcast. In this episode Sara Plasskett and her husband Eli examine Barnabe Rich’s Apollonius and Silla and how it acted as a source text for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

  • Comedy of Shakespeare (2021 Audio)

    aka: Episode 51

    Series
    Bicks Pod, The

    Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss the comic elements in Shakespeare’s plays (not just in his comedies).

  • Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Comedy (2021 Multimedia)

    Series
    Conversations with Bill Kristol

    University of Virginia literature professor Paul Cantor discusses Shakespeare comedies and his use of comedy. The discussion is split into three sections: 1. Comedy and Scepticism; 2. Shakespeare’s Comedy;...

  • City Comedies (2021 Audio)

    aka: Episode 34

    Series
    Ripe Good Scholar

    Audio podcast. In this episode Sara Plasskett and her husband Eli look at The Merry Wives of Windsor as an example of the then popular city comedy genre.

  • Leontes’ Paranoia (2021 Audio)

    aka: Episode 35

    Series
    Ripe Good Scholar

    Audio podcast. In this episode Sara Plasskett and Dr Lisa Grogan examine the character of Leontes from The Winter’s Tale.

  • Drunk History (2018 Television)

    Series
    Drunk History
    Director
    Tom McKay
    Producer
    Ben Rogers

    Leaving his wife and children behind in Stratford, William Shakespeare goes to London to promote the Henry VI trilogy and make his fortune.

  • Measure for Measure (2018 Radio)

    Series
    Drama on 3
    Director
    Gaynor Macfarlane

    Religion, sex and power interlace in a new radio adaptation of the last comedy written by Shakespeare. The production is introduced by Professor Julie Saunders.

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - Is Shakespeare Funny? (2018 Audio)

    Series
    Much Ado About Shakespeare

    This podcast is a collaboration between The Telegraph and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). In this edition, Ben Lawrence talks to director Fiona Laird and Professor Helen Barr of Oxford University about...

  • As You Like It (2017)

    Director
    Gaye Taylor Upchurch

    Four couples negotiate a contorted and comedic path to true love and lasting happiness in the forest of Arden.

  • Shakespeare Film Series Returns the Old Globe (2017)

    Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director of The Old Globe, discusses the theatre’s film series featuring the work of four filmmakers: Julie Taymor, Peter Brook, Al Pacino and Baz Luhrmann.