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7 results found for '"Simon Elmes"' in Person.

  • Othello Across the Ages (2015 Radio)

    Series
    Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen
    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Radio series. Lenny Henry looks at the stage history of Othello.

  • London Nights (2010 Radio)

    Series
    London Nights
    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Ten anthologies of short pieces for radio that capture an off-beat spirit of London presented by writer Andrea Levy . In this episode Levy introduces a Korean hairdresser in New Malden who’s mad about...

  • Lenny Henry Plays Othello (2009 Radio)

    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Radio documentary following stand-up comedian Lenny Henry as he prepares to take on the role of Othello for Barrie Rutter’s production of the play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Covering...

  • Lenny and Will (2006 Radio)

    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Starting at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, comedian Lenny Henry goes in search of the secret of the bard’s success through interviews with well-known Shakespeare directors and interpreters, including...

  • Lenny and Will. Act 2 (2006 Radio)

    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Radio broadcast. Having been put off Shakespeare by unimaginative schoolteachers, Lenny Henry recently confessed to a late-flowering passion for the plays [see LENNY AND WILL 25 March 2006] Pursuing his...

  • Who’s Afraid of the Big Bard Bard? (1992 Radio)

    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Radio documentary. Jeremy Nicholas investigates the current status of Shakespeare in the popular imagination; he talks to representatives from the acting profession, teachers, children and people in the...

  • Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bard? (1992 Radio)

    Producer
    Simon Elmes

    Radio programme. Jeremy Nicholas looks at the way people regard Shakespeare today including attitudes to acting Shakespeare and the way his plays are taught in schools, Vox pops of tourists asked to quote...