SHAKESPEARE

Using Literature to Know Ourselves (2023 Audio, Video)

aka: Episode 230

Series

Unsiloed with Greg Lablanc

Podcast hosted by Greg LaBlanc. When we read fiction, our brains are able to suspend our awareness of the fiction so we can fully immerse ourselves in the story we’re reading. When this happens, we are...

Hardness of King Lear, The (2023 Video)

Video recording of a live-streamed conversation between director Kimberley Rampersad and actor Paul Gross, who discuss their upcoming 2023 Stratford Festival production of King Lear, moderated by Professor...

Lear (2023 Video)

Director

Isaac Chong

Single camera recording of this pared down student production featuring a largely bare stage and a cast of seven actors.

Patrick Page on King Lear and Shakespeare’s Villains (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 205

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to actor Patrick Page about his take on Shakespeare’s darker characters and his upcoming production of King Lear.

Episode 5 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

From King Lear to Succession: Shakespeare on Stage and Screen (2023 Video)

Recording of a panel discussion held as part of the Aspen Ideas Festival. Brian Cox, the star of the TV drama series Succession, and Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Simon Godwin, discuss the...

Shakespeare and the Ocean, With Steve Mentz (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 217

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Professor Steve Mentz (St. John’s University) about Shakespeare’s oceanic metaphors, how he really knew about the ocean and what plays like The Tempest, King Lear, and...

Shakespeare on Screen (2023 Video)

YouTube video by Jeff Palermo in which he discusses the film and TV adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays that he thinks worked most successfully. He references a number of celebrated adaptations including...

King Lahiri (2022 Film)

Director

Christopher Picone

Feature film. Adaptation of King Lear set in October 2012 when Hurrican Sandy was due to hit the East Coast of the United Stated. New York shop owner Kunal Lahiri plans to retire and leave his business to...