SHAKESPEARE

My Own Shakespeare: Martha Kearney (2012 Radio)

Series

My Own Shakespeare

Producer

Lucy Collingwood

Radio series in which public figures are interviewed about their favourite bit of Shakespeare. In this episode broadcaster Martha Kearney chooses an Oberon speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act 2...

Shakespeare Unlocked (2012 Film, Multimedia)

The series of 12 short films for each play are designed to help students develop their understanding of the language, character development and dramatic devices at the core of the GCSE English Shakespeare...

Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It) (2012 Video)

Director

Dmitry Krymov

Video recording of Dmitry Krymov’s interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which incorporates acrobats, an opera singer, 10ft high puppets and a Jack Russell terrier.

Pre-Hear [22/09/2012] (2012 Radio)

Series

Pre-Hear

Radio broadcast previewing German composer Hans Werner Henze’s 8th Symphony which is inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conducted...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2012 Video)

Director

Melanie Andrews

Producer

Paul Heller; Katy Haber

BAFTA LA members mentor pupils of the inner city Washington Preparatory High School, Los Angeles in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Midsummer Nightmare: The Betrayal, A (2012 Film)

Director

Joshua A Siegel

Producer

Steven L. Everson; L. Jeffrey Moore; Gary Siegel

Short. Fantasy horror film. England, 1596. The Brotherhood of St. George uses William Shakespeare to trap the Faerie Court within an enchanted book, sparking a secret war with the pagan Feyists. 250 years...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2012 Video)

Director

Michell Hébert; Yu Fanlin

Producer

Laree Lentz

A production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream arising from a partnership between University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts in...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2012 Audio)

Series

Approaching Shakespeare

This lecture on A Midsummer Night’s Dream uses modern and early modern understandings of dreams to uncover a play less concerned with marriage and more with sexual desire.

Midsummer Monsieur (2012 Audio)

Series

The Shakespeare Underground

In this interview, Dr. Earl Showerman explores whether A Midsummer Night’s Dream contains allegorical references satirising Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Francois Hercule Valois, the Duc of...

First Ten Years, The (2011 Radio)

Series

RSC at 50, The

Producer

Beaty Rubens

Second episode in a three-part radio series exploring the story of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Presenter James Naughtie looks at the RSC’s formative first decade interviewing...