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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...
Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2018 Radio)
The soprano, Eva-Maria Westbroek stars as Katerina Ismailova in Shostakovich’s 20th Century masterpiece. Bored with her life and marriage, Katerina falls for Sergey; a worker in her husband’s factory....
Art of Storytelling, The (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Professor Emma Smith looks at how Shakespeare shapes his plots.
My Own Shakespeare: Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Zephaniah recalls playing Puck for Sam Wanamaker while Williams discusses Macbeth.
My Own Shakespeare: Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Fry analyses Falstaff while Mantel discusses Julius Caesar.
My Own Shakespeare: Jools Holland and Kwame Kwei-Armah (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Jools Holland and Kwame Kwei-Armah share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Holland talks about seeing Olivier’s film of Henry V and his love of Falstaff while Kwei-Armah discusses Othello.
My Own Shakespeare: David Hare and Martha Kearney (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
David Hare and Martha Kearney on deviant psychology and fancy dress in Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
My Own Shakespeare: Zoe Wanamaker and Jim Al-Khalili (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Zoe Wanamaker on Henry V and the world of play; and Jim Al-Khalili on King Lear and staying rational.
My Own Shakespeare: Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble (2018 Radio)
- Series
- The Shakespeare Sessions
Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble on strength and nature in Henry V and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Exit Burbage (2018 Radio)
- Series
- Sunday Feature
- Producer
- Penny Murphy
Radio broadcast. Andrew Dickson profiles the actor Richard Burbage, who starred in many of Shakespeare’s plays when first performed. Now forgotten, he was a huge star in his day and many of Shakespeare’s...