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  • Everyday Death in Shakespeare’s England (2016 Video)

    Series
    The Bodleian Libraries (Bodcasts)

    Video podcast. This podcast by Steven Gunn talks about accidental deaths and the hazards of everyday life in Shakespeare’s day. Coroners’ inquest reports into accidental deaths tell us about the hazards...

  • "Why, Here’s a Girl!" (2016 Audio)

    aka: Shakespeare and Girlhood

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Podcast from the Folger Institute Library. How does Shakespeare portray girls and girlhood in his plays, and what do those portrayals tell us about life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England? Deanne Williams...

  • "I Know My Physic Will Work with Him" (2016 Audio)

    aka: Elizabethan Medicine

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. If you were ill in Shakespeare’s time you might be told to drink liquid gold or syrup of violets. You might undergo a violent purgation to take the bad...

  • "There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth, Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy." (2016 Audio)

    aka: Shakespeare and Religion

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The period when Shakespeare was writing was one torn by disagreements over the proper method of observing Christianity in England. Protestantism was at war with...

  • Elizabethan Childhood (2015 Television)

    Series
    My Story
    Director
    Jaqui McAlpine
    Producer
    Jaqui McAlpine

    Pre-school history series. Grandad Harvey takes Asher on a journey of discovery to find out what life was like for a child during Elizabethan times. Dressing up in magnificent Elizabethan costumes, they...

  • Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I? (2015 Audio)

    Series
    Let’s Talk Shakespeare

    A ten-part podcast series, presented by Jennifer Reid, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, exploring some of the most frequently asked questions about Shakespeare’s life. This episode invites Professor...

  • Elizabethan Street Fighting (2015 Audio)

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. From the duels in Romeo and Juliet to a brutal mob in Julius Caesar, street fighting transforms several of Shakespeare’s plays. How much, though, does it...

  • I.am. Will Shakespeare (2014 Television)

    Schools programme for Key Stage 2. NEWSROUND’s Ricky Boleto and Leah Gooding find out about Shakespeare’s early life in Stratford-upon-Avon, visit Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and see how his...

  • "Not Single Spies,/ But in Battalions: Codes and Ciphers from the Renaissance to Today (2014 Audio)

    aka: Codes and Ciphers from the Renaissance to Today

    Series
    Shakespeare Unlimited
    Producer
    Richard Paul

    Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. A comment occuring late in this podcast : "Without Bacon and Shakespeare, we might not have won the war in the Pacific," states Bill Sherman, head of research at...

  • Last Will and Testament (2012 Television)

    Director
    Laura Wilson; Lisa Wilson
    Producer
    Laura Wilson; Lisa Wilson

    Documentary. The first part of the film tells the orthodox story of William Shakespeare of Stratford and the longstanding views held by academia. Professors Stanley Wells and Jonathan Bate defend the...

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