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35 results found for '"comedy"' in Keywords.
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.
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.
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.
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;...
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).
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...
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.
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.
Ken Dodd: In His Own Words (2017 Television)
aka: Ken Dodd: My Life - In His Own Words
- Director
- Liam Carroll
- Producer
- Liam Carroll
Reflecting on his long and varied career in show business; British comedian, Ken Dodd, describes his forays into Shakespeare. Fellow actor and friends describe his talent for Shakespearean theatre focussing...
Love is a Battle Field (2017 Audio)
aka: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Act I Scene 1
- Series
- Chop Bard
- Producer
- Shannon Sneedse
An exploration of act 1, scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", focuses on the wedding of Theseus who is impatient to marry the fair Hyppolyta. Closer scrutiny lays bare a match made in the aftermath of...