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Hamnet with Maggie O’Farrell and Bernard Cornwell (2020 Video)
Recording of an online video conversation between the novelists Maggie O’Farrell and Bernard Cornwell, who have respectively published books on Shakespeare’s son and his brother. Made as part of the...
'O What a Tangled Web’: Oxfrauds, Misfits, And the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 21st Century Shakespearean Discourse (2019 Video)
Video recording of a lecture by Oxfordian scholar Roger A. Stritmatter, Professor of Humanities and Literature at Coppin State University, on the Shakespeare authorship question. Part of the lecture focuses...
Seven Ages of Love (2018 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- McLean Fiona
Under the theme of "The Seven Ages of Man"; actors Samuel West and Hattie Morahan perform the poetry of outstanding writers. The programme explores how love changes during the course of a human life. The...
Shakespeare’s Lovers (2018 Video)
- Series
- Classic Shakespeare
Video of the third lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate examines Shakespeare’s work as a poet, such as venus and Adonis,...
Shakespeare’s Ghosts and Spirits (2018 Video)
- Series
- Classic Shakespeare
Video of the fifth lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate examines Shakespeare’s debt to Seneca and the myths of Theseus and...
Shakespeare’s Fame (2018 Video)
- Series
- Classic Shakespeare
Video of the sixth and final lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate looks at how Shakespeare immortalised figures from ancient...
Will (2017 Television)
- Series
- Will
- Director
- Shekhar Karpur
- Producer
- Craig Pearce
'Will’ is 10-part drama series about the lost years of the young William Shakespeare. From his arrival in London as an unknown, the series chronicles his rise to become the greatest dramatist in England...
Shakespeare in Swahililand (2017 Audio)
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul
An acclaimed playwright, novelist, dissident and social activist; Ng g Wa Thiong’o is the Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He joins University of...
I See My Reputation is at Stake (2017 Audio)
aka: Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare in China
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul
A discussion of the life and times of the 17th Century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu who has been dubbed the Shakespeare of the East.
Most Obscenely Done (2017 Audio)
aka: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Act I Scene 2
- Series
- Chop Bard
- Producer
- Shannon Sneedse
This episode of "Chop Bard" focuses on the Rude Mechanicals - the "uncultured, working-class labourers in act 1, scene 2 of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream".