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39 results found for '"Esther Ferington"' in Person.
I Never Heard So Musical a Discord (2019 Audio)
aka: Episode 112
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul; Garland Scott
Barbara Bogaev talks to Douglas Lanier about Duke Ellington’s ‘Such Sweet Hunder’, a collaboration with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Recorded in 1957, it is made up of twelve compositions,...
Speak Again, Bright Angel (2019 Audio)
aka: Episode 113
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul; Garland Scott
The actor Olivia Hussey talks to Barbara Bogaev about starring in Franzo Zeffirelli’s film of Rome and Juliet in 1968.
My Brother, My Competitor (2019 Audio)
aka: Episode 114
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul; Garland Scott
Nora Titone talks to Barbara Bogaev about the 19th Century actors Edwin Booth and his brother John Wilkes Booth, the latter known best today as the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
To Prison, Eyes; Ne’Er Look on Liberty (2019 Audio)
aka: Episode 115
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul; Garland Scott
British Radio host Simon Mayo talks to Barbara Bogaev about his novel, Mad Blood Stirring, which is based on the true story of England’s first all-black production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,...
There is the Playhouse Now, There Must You Sit (2018 Audio)
aka: Marketing Shakespeare
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
Marketing directors from three theatres participating in Folger’s Theatre Partnership Programme, discuss the challenges of convincing audiences to experience Shakespeare’s least popular plays.
Orson Welles and Shakespeare (2018 Audio)
aka: Episode 89
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
The author of "Orson Welles, Shakespeare and Popular Culture and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of North Dakota; Andrew Anderegg, discusses how Orson Welles pioneered innovations in the...
Bernard Cornwell: Fools and Mortals (2018 Audio)
aka: Episode 90
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
Best-selling writer, Bernard Cornwell discusses his new book "Fools and Mortals". In the novel, Corwell imagines the very first production of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream".
Derek Jacobi: Playing Hamlet (2018 Audio)
aka: Episode 91
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his first of 400 performances of Hamlet beginning at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1957. He shares his personal discovery of the meaning of Hamlet’s words and his motivations.
Derek Jacobi: Acting Shakespeare (2018 Audio)
aka: Episode 92
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
In the second of two interviews about his career and Shakespeare, Sir Derek Jacobi talks about the highs and lows from collaborating with Kenneth Branagh and performing alongside Laurence Olivier to being...
Dennis McCarthy and June Schlueter on the George North Manuscript (2018 Audio)
aka: Episode 93
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Esther French; Richard Paul
Is it possible that Shakespeare sourced the narrative for some of his most significant works from the unpublished writing of one George North? The Independent scholar, Dennis McCarthy and Professor Charles...