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Documentary radio programme in which presenter John Pickford explores Shakespeare’s role as national poet and the different versions of Englishness he presents.
1: Professor Harold Brooks introduces the play, singling out its uniqueness in the Shakespearean output. He then begins his treatment of the play’s dramatic unit, considering the choice of subject, the...
Two programmes relating to course AA306: Band 1) Measure for Measure: explores the interlocking themes of chastity, identity, sexuality, and religion in Measure for Measure through specially filmed scenes...
Feature film. What if William Shakespeare never existed... until now. Billy Shakespeare is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. Does...
Sonnet 127 read in costume by Ben Kingsley, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr A L Rowse who expounds his theory about the identity of the Dark Lady. The sonnet is then performed again in light of...
A radio anthology on the English setting and English character as portrayed in the plays of Shakespeare. Includes performances by Abraham Sofaer, Cherry Cottrell, and others. With commentary by G. H. W....
Educational series. One in a twelve-part series of films made by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (now TV Ontario). The aim was to relate ‘Shakespeare’s timeless ideas and understanding...
The radio programme commemorating Shakespeare’s birth comprises a reading about "Shakespeare And His England", a performance of King Henry V, Act V, Scene ii and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, scene...
Using extracts from KAC’s thrust-stage and television productions of Hamlet, actors and academics discuss the concepts of ‘performance’ central to the play’s structure and its concern with...
German actress Senta Berger moderates a literary and musical exploration about the identity of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady in the third concert in the ‘Mittwochs um halb acht’ (Wednesdays at 7.30) series...
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