King John (2019 Radio)

aka: The Complete King John

Series

Pendant Shakespeare, The Aka the Wild Bill Variety Show

Director

George Linfield

Audio staging of Shakespeare’s play given a steampunk setting, with the court relocated to an airship. Omnibus edition of the production first broadcast in six episodes between 14 March and 15 August 2018.

'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...

Jack Cutmore-Scott (2019 Audio)

aka: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 Hamlet

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

An interview with British actor Jack Cutmore-Scott about the technical challenges of making the virtual reality HAMLET 360: THY FATHER’S SPIRIT (qv), in which he played Hamlet.

What Country, Friends, Is This? (2019 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. In the light of Brexit, this edition looks at the Globe’s staging of the Henriad, the importance of re-examining history as well as...

Blood on Santa’s Claw (2019 Audio)

Series

Doctor Who

Director

John Ainsworth

This audio drama is a continuation of the television series Doctor Who, with Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant returning to their roles as the Doctor and Peri respectively. This comic story is the first episode...

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.

Modern Shakespeare: Animation, Anime, And Anachronism (2019 Audio)

Series

Lit Chat

Audio podcast hosted by Luke Barrett, Natalie Gregg and Cate Kurtz from Sigma Tau Delta. They discuss modern versions of Shakespeare’s plays including the Disney film The Lion King (1994), the Japanese...

How to Be a Shakespearean Atheist (2019 Video)

Video of an illustrated lecture held at the Museum of London by Alec Ryrie, Professor of Divinity at Gresham College and Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University. Ryrie explores ways in...

Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit (2019)

aka: Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit - Shakespeare in Vr

Director

Steven Maler

Producer

Graham Sack; Quentin Little

This immersive adaptation of Hamlet offers the play using 360 degree Virtual Reality techniques, and is designed to be viewed with a VR headset for the best viewing experience. The play is presented as...

Shakespeare in the #metoo Era (2019 Audio)

Series

The State of Things

Frank Stasio talks with director Rebecca Blum about her new production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure at Raleigh’s Little Theatre and its contemporary relevance. Also interviewed are actors...

Why is Shakespeare Shakespeare? An Evening with Zia Mohyeddin (2019 Video)

The actor Zia Mohyeddin discusses Shakespeare’s work and performs passages from several of the plays.

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,...

Love, Hate and Prevail (2019 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This edition focuses on the condensed 90-minute version of Romeo and Juliet produced as part of the annual ‘Playing Shakespeare’ event run...

All is True (2019 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. An interview with Dr. Paul Edmondson, of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, on his role as historical consultant on All Is True, Kenneth Branagh’s 2018 film about the last years in the life of...

This Sceptred Isle (2019 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This edition looks at the history plays in the context of Britain and Brexit and interviews Adjoa Andoh about her new all women of colour...

Suit the Action to the Word, The Word to the Action (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 116

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Joseph Roach talks to Barbara Bogaev about acting, emotion and science on Shakespeare’s stage.

Acting Shakespeare’s Women / Men (2019 Video)

Panel discussion on women actors playing Shakespeare and what is particular about playing his characters. Recorded at the Shakespearean Authority Trust Conference, ‘The Merciful Construction of Good...

Peter Galman, The Stage, Screen and Shakespeare (2019)

Series

Spotlight on the Arts

Director

Mark D. Demeter

Peter Galman, actor and artistic director of the Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida, discusses his career with Michelle Solomon with a special focus on King Lear. Others on the panel include actress Margery...

Winter’s Tale, The (2019 Video)

Series

Shakespeare’s Globe

Director

Blanche McIntyre; Ian Russell

Recording of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 2018 production of The Winter’s Tale directed by Blanche McIntyre. With Zora Bishop, Will Keen and Annette Badland. Directed for the screen by Ian Russell.

Michelle Terry on Shakespeare, Gender and Authorship (2019 Video)

Interview by Dr Ros Barber with the Globe’s Artistic Director, Michelle Terry in which she discusses her gender-blind casting policy and her opinion on the debates around who wrote which parts of...

Hugh Bonneville (2019 Video)

The actor Hugh Bonneville discusses his approach to acting and talks about his career, including playing opposite Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Enter the King (2019 Audio)

aka: Henry VI Part 1 - Act III Scene 1

Series

Chop Bard

Producer

Shannon Sneedse

Looking in detail at the third Act of Henry VI and the appearance of King Henry VI as a child.

Twit Me Knot (2019 Audio)

aka: Henry VI Part 1 - Act III Scene 2, 3, 4

Series

Chop Bard

Producer

Shannon Sneedse

Looking in detail at the third Act of Henry VI and considers how well the play conforms to the standard five act structure.

Two Crowns One King (2019 Audio)

aka: Henry VI Part 1 - Act IV Scene 1

Series

Chop Bard

Producer

Shannon Sneedse

Looking in detail at the fourth Act of Henry VI and the coronation in Paris; also discusses the recent stage production of King Lear starring Glenda Jackson.

Say to All the World ‘This was a Man’ (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 118

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Harriet Walter looks back at her acting career with Barbara Bogaev, focusing on Gender in Shakesepeare and the all-female production of Julius Caesar she starred in for the Donmar in 2012 and which was later...

I Am Thy Father’s Spirit (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 119

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Director Steve Maler and cinematographer Matthew Niederhauser talk to Barbara Bogaev about their production ‘Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit’, a 60-minute virtual reality adaptation of Hamlet.

I Am Able to Instruct or Teach (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 120

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

The director Michael Kahn, retiring after 33 years running the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC, talks to Barbara Bogaev about the importance of Shakespeare in performance and to modern audiences.

Shakespeare in the Shadows (2019 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. An interview with Joshua Dylan Mellars about his film, Shakespeare In The Shadows, in which Mark Cohen performs Shakespeare soliloquies in various San Francisco locations. The film began as a...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2019 Radio)

Series

In Our Time

Producer

Simon Tillotson

Melvyn Bragg and his guests Alison Findlay, Helen Hackett and Tom Healy discuss Shakespeare’s comedy.

Kenneth Branagh on His Return to Shakespeare in the New Film ‘All is True’ (2019 Multimedia)

Series

Popcorn

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine interviews Kenneth Branagh, who talks about his film ‘All is True’ as well as his lifelong fascination with Shakespeare. Branagh concludes by singing ‘Brush up...

Richard III (2019 Video)

Director

Jean Dobie Giebel

A student production of Richard III by Hofstra University’s Department of Drama and Dance, filmed live in HD with multiple cameras. The filming director was Bri Fronczak. Performed on the Hofstra Globe...

What Have You Performed (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 121

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Glenda Jackson talks to Barbara Bogaev about playing the title role in King Lear.

My Horse, My Ox, My Ass, My Anything (2019 Audio)

aka: Episode 122

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Barbara Bogaev interviews actor Will Chase and composer and lyricist Amanda Green about their new production of Cole Porter’s hit 1948 musical ‘Kiss Me Kate.' They discuss the treatment of women in...

What William Shakespeare Can Teach Us About the Practice of Medicine (2019 Video)

Series

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Audiovisual presentation at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation by Tod J Worner MD in which he discusses his use of Shakespeare as part of his outpatient care. Plays discussed include As You Like It,...

Who is Shakespeare for? (2019 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This editiontackles some of the issues that can make Shakespeare’s work seem too remote, difficult, inaccessible or even elitist to...

Women and Power (2019 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe hosted by Imogen Greenberg. This edition looks at the Women and Power festival and the Globe’s staging of Henry IV (parts 1 and 2) and Henry V, in which Hotspur, Falstaff...

Rough Magic: Performing Shakespeare Through Gaming Technology (2019 Video)

Series

Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture

Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture delivered at the Folger Shakespeare Library Elizabethan Theatre by Professor Gina Bloom. The lecture focuses on ‘The Tempest’ and examines motion capture and the use of...

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...

Antony Sher (2018 Audio)

aka: Episode 94

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Esther French; Richard Paul

Sir Antony Sher revisit the mental, physical and personal challenges of both preparing for and performing some of the most demanding roles in the Shakespearean repertoire.

How Shakespeare Changed My Life (2018 Audio)

aka: Episode 95

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Esther French; Richard Paul

Sir Ben Kingsley, Early Hyman, Liev Shreiber, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach and Estelle Parsons share distinguished careers as Shakespearean actors. They talk to actor and director Melinda Hall about the...

Tom Hiddleston & William Shakespeare (2018 Audio)

aka: Stagecraft, Episode 29

Series

Variety Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Variety’s deputy awards and features editor. Jenelle Riley interviews Tom Hiddleston about his passion for Shakespeare and his recent performance in the lead role of Hamlet directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Measure for Measure (2018 Radio)

Series

Drama on 3

Director

Gaynor Macfarlane

Religion, sex and power interlace in a new radio adaptation of the last comedy written by Shakespeare. The production is introduced by Professor Julie Saunders.

Ray Dooley (2018 Audio)

aka: The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 2

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Dooley discusses professional acting in general as also focuses on the first act of The Tempest.

Gounod - Romeo et Juliette from the Met (2018 Radio)

An operatic adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" by the Charles Gounod. The opera tells the story of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy over five acts and was first performed in 1859. Placido Domingo conducts the...

What’s in a Name? (2018 Radio)

Series

Something Understood

Producer

Tom Glasser

Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the importance of names drawing from examples ranging from the book of Genesis to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The famous balcony scene is placed under the...