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Femmes Fatales (2009 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Philippa Ritchie
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of the femme fatale, an idea exemplified (among others) in the figure of Shakespeare’s Cleopatra. The programme starts with...
James Earl Jones Performs Shakespeare at the White House Poetry Jam (2009 Multimedia, Video)
James Earl Jones recites Othello’s testimony before the senators (I iii) at an evening of poetry, music and spoken word hosted by President Obama in the East Room of The White House on 12 May 2009. There...
Book of Hours, A (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
Radio programme on the theme of different times of the day. This episode ends with Romeo and Juliet debating whether the bird they can hear is a nightingale or a lark (III v) that heralds the beginning of a...
Konzert des Münchener Rundfunkorchesters: Sonett Für Eine Lady (2008 Radio)
aka: Munich Broadcasting Orchestra Concert: Sonnett for a Lady
- Series
- Mittwochs um Halb Acht
German actress Senta Berger moderates a literary and musical exploration about the identity of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady in the third concert in the ‘Mittwochs um halb acht’ (Wednesdays at 7.30) series...
In Fair Glendale, The Bard’s Super Bowl Play (2008 Multimedia, Radio)
Radio programme. The programme imagines that the ghost of William Shakespeare goes to a Super Bowl match at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona.
Happiness (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Elizabeth Arno
Radio programme on the theme of happiness curated and introduced by Simon Russell Beale. The programme ends with ‘Now until the break of day’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream read by John Rogan and an...
Change in the Weather, A (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Elizabeth Funning
Radio programme marking 85 years of weather forecasting on the BBC with poetry and music. The programme includes an excerpt from Shakespeare’s King Lear ('Blow wind and crack your cheeks’) read by Mark...
Hamlet (2008 Video)
- Director
- Nigel Thom
- Producer
- Nigel Thom
An experimental video by re-mix artist Nigel Thom. The film is 63 minutes depicting a white screen where nothing is seen and nothing happens. There is no sound. The director feels he is questioning the...
Performance on 3 [21/4/2008] (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Performance on 3
Radio broadcast. In the second part of the programme, Tom Service presents a concert featuring Sibelius’s two orchestral suites for The Tempest performed in the context of performances of scenes from...
Vanessa Feltz [25/04/2008] (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Vanessa Feltz
Local radio show covering topical issues and seeking public opinion with’phone-ins, text messages etc. In this edition Vanessa asked the three main candidates for London Mayor’if you were a Shakespearean...