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32 results found for '"war"' in Keywords.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The (2017 Audio)
- Series
- Approaching Shakespeare
The 2017 series of Shakespeare lectures concludes with an exploration of one of the Bard’s early comedies.
And Calm of Mind (2013 Radio)
- Producer
- Chris Ledgard
Chris Ledgard follows a group of former soldiers who, as the Combat Veteran Players, are attempting to tackle the symptoms of post-traumatic stress by rehearsing and performing Shakespeare’s Henry V, with...
Crackling Glade, The (2013 Film)
- Director
- Robert Williams
- Producer
- Robert Williams
Short. Two wives and two soldiers divided by war discuss the horror of the conflict. The film uses poetic language to open dialogue with its audience concerning the transience of life and the consequences of...
Richard III: A Memoir of a King’s Love (2013 Film)
- Director
- Jordan McGibney
- Producer
- Luke McGibney; Rebecca McGibney
Short. Set in post-apocalyptic England, the story revolves around the memoirs found on Richard III’s dead body at the battlefield of Bosworth. It delves into his imagination, showing his fantasies,...
King John (2012 Audio)
- Series
- Approaching Shakespeare
At the heart of King John is the death of his rival Arthur: this fifteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series looks at the ways history and legitimacy are complicated in this plotline.
Anthony and Cleopatra (2011 Audio)
- Series
- Approaching Shakespeare
A detailed examination of the nature of this Shakespearean tragedy given its rare feature of having two central characters.
Henry IV, Part 1 (2011 Audio)
- Series
- Approaching Shakespeare
Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John Falstaff and investigates his role in Henry IV part 1. Lecture 11 in the Approaching Shakespeare series.
Twenty Minutes: The Adverb [09/09/2007] (2007 Radio)
- Series
- Twenty Minutes
Radio programme. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ literary interval programme Paul Allen’s guest is the writer and former diplomat Rory Stewart who chooses his favourite writing about the rhetoric of...
Soldiers Seek an Elusive Escape in Shakespeare (2006 Radio)
- Series
- All Things Considered
Radio broadcast offering news, interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features. Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, is home to a multinational taskforce that conducts humanitarian and counter-terrorism...
Shakespeare’s Military Language (2001 Radio)
- Series
- Lingua Franca
- Director
- Jill Kitson
Australian radio series looking at all aspects of language. In this edition, Dr Charles Edelman, author of A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Military Language (Athone Press, 2001) talks to presenter Jill...