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58 results found for '"history of the 16th century"' in Keywords.
Shakespeare and Macbeth (2007 Multimedia)
aka: William Shakespeare and Life in Elizabethan England
CD ROM providing a visual and educational insight into Shakespeare’s life in Elizabethan England. Illustrated with photographs of buildings (aerial and ground shots) in and around Stratford-upon-Avon with...
Seeming and Savour All the Winter Long (2005 Radio)
- Series
- Encounter
- Producer
- James Ussher; Peter McMurray
Religious affairs radio programme presented by Florence Spurling. This episode explores Shakespeare and the religion of his day. At the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, a group of Performance...
Will in the World: Shakespeare (2004 Multimedia, Video)
Stephen Greenblatt talks about his book Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, published by W.W. Norton and Co. He describes England during Shakespeare’s time and discusses how the...
In Search of Shakespeare (2003 Television)
- Director
- David Wallace
- Producer
- Rebecca Dobbs
A four-part historical documentary series on the life of Shakespeare, presented by Michael Wood.
Elizabeth Rex (2003 Television, Video)
- Series
- Opening Night
- Director
- Barbara Willis Sweete
- Producer
- Daniel Iron; Jennifer Jones (2); Niv Fichman
A film made for television based on Timothy Findlay’s two-act play, directed by Martha Henry, for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to...
Discovery of England’s Past, The (2003 Radio)
- Series
- Discovery of England, The
- Producer
- Matthew Dodd
Three-part radio series presented by Jonathan Bate. In the first episode Bate shows how Elizabethans under Queen Elizabeth presided over a flowering of literature and maps and ‘discovered England’. Bate...
Shakespeare: For All Time (2003 Multimedia, Video)
From the home of British Embassy Charge d’Affaires Tony Brenton, Professor Stanley Wells talks about his book Shakespeare For All Time, published by Oxford University Press. He is interviewed by Paul...
This Earth, This Realm, This England (2002 Television)
- Series
- Adventure of English 500ad-2000, The
- Director
- Robert Bee
- Producer
- Robert Bee
Eight-part television series on the history of the English language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg. Episode 4 discusses some of the greatest English texts, including the first English dictionary and...
Elizabeth Rex (2001 Audio)
- Series
- Cbc Stratford Festival Reading
Audio recording of Timothy Findlay’s play. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to death for treason. On the eve of his death in 1601, a tormented Elizabeth seeks distraction and calls...
Human Touch, A (2000 Radio)
- Series
- Lend Me Your Ears
- Producer
- Kate McAll
Radio broadcast. Series in which Fiona Shaw tries to recreate the sounds of England during Shakespeare’s time.