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4 results found for '"Jerry Brotton"' in Person.
Shakespeare: Lord of Misrule (2017 Radio)
- Producer
- Martin Williams
As we move towards the celebration of Twelfth Night, historian Jerry Brotton looks back at the meaning and power of Shakespearian mischief. For Shakespeare and his contemporaries festivals such as Twelfth...
This Orient Isle. Episode 5 (2016 Radio)
- Series
- Book of the Week
- Producer
- David Roper
Radio broadcast. Professor Jerry Brotton examines Queen Elizabeth I’s fascination with the Orient and Britain’s first contacts with the Muslim world. Read by Derek Jacobi. 5: How the London stage...
Tempest, The (2012 Television)
- Series
- Shakespeare Uncovered
- Director
- Nicola Stockley
- Producer
- Nicola Stockley
Trevor Nunn discusses The Tempest and considers how much of Shakespeare’s last play is autobiographical. Excerpts: THE TEMPEST (1908). d. Percy Stow FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) d. Fred Wilcox THE TEMPEST...
Courting the East (2007 Radio)
- Series
- Sunday Feature
- Producer
- Mark Richards
Radio feature. Author and historian Jerry Brotton investigates the history of relations between England and the Islamic world during the early modern period, a complex alliance that he finds dramatised in...