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22 results found for '"Literary Sources"' in Keywords.
Discovery of the Bermudas, A (1959 Radio)
- Producer
- Rayner Heppenstall
Subtitled ‘An enquiry into the sources of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest’, the radio play by J.I. M. Stewart (who also wrote under the pseudonym Michael Innes) focuses on a dispute between Peterkin,...
Danish Tragedy, The (1958 Radio)
- Producer
- Rayner Heppenstall
Radio drama by Michael Innes, attempting to reconstruct the Ur-Hamlet, a lost play possibly written by Thomas Kyd, believed to be the immediate source of Hamlet. As Innes writes: "Basically ... I have tried...
Baker’s Daughter, The (1950 Radio)
Radio programme investigating the legends and beliefs that might have informed Ophelia’s enigmatic remark in Act IV ("They say the owl was a baker’s daughter"). Presented by Terence Tiller, the...
Fool’s Saga, The (1949 Radio)
- Producer
- Rayner Heppenstall
Radio play written and produced by Rayner Heppenstall in which he tries to dramatise the story of Amleth, the figure Hamlet is based on, as he occurs in various Scandinavian legends. David King-Wood plays...
Shakespeare and His Sources (1949 Radio)
- Series
- Shakespeare and His World
Third of nine talks introducing various fields of research within Shakespearean studies. J. Isaacs comments on the ways in which recent research has extended our knowledge of the sources Shakespeare drew on...
Old Icelandic Tale in ‘Hamlet, Prince of Denmark’, An (1927 Radio)
- Series
- Schools: How Shakespeare Used Old Stories
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies folklore tales that are interwoven in Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on Hamlet.
Old British Tales in ‘King Lear’ (1927 Radio)
- Series
- Schools: How Shakespeare Used Old Stories
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies old folklore tales that are interwoven in various Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on King Lear.
Old British Tales in ‘Cymbeline’ (1927 Radio)
- Series
- Schools: How Shakespeare Used Old Stories
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies old folklore tales that are interwoven in various Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on Cymbeline.
Old Roman Tales in ‘Coriolanus’ (1927 Radio)
- Series
- Schools: How Shakespeare Used Old Stories
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies old folklore tales that are interwoven in various Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on Coriolanus.
Old Roman Tales in ‘Julius Caesar’ (1927 Radio)
- Series
- Schools: How Shakespeare Used Old Stories
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies old folklore tales that are interwoven in various Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on Julius Caesar.