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Radio debate series. Chairman Nick Clarke debates the motion ‘The Heritage Industry Distorts British History’ from the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Listeners are invited to telephone or...
Final programme in the series on life in Elizabethan England. Sandi Toksvig takes a cab round London in search of Elizabethan theatre.
A documentary exploring Glenda Jackson’s return to the stage for the first time in 23 years to play the role of Lear at the Old Vic theatre, London in 2016. With contributions from the company.
A ‘radiography’ written by John Wilders and John Powell, constructing Shakespeare’s life in his own words and images. "Part documentary, part drama, and part ‘musical’, this Elizabethan spectacular...
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...
Three-part documentary series. James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote at the beginning of James I’s reign, including King Lear, Measure for Measure, and Timon of Athens. There are scenes from...
American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth’s successor, King James I. One of the new king’s first official acts was to name Shakespeare a...
Recorded at the 2013 Bregenz festival, this production of the Merchant of Venice is the premier of the only opera by the pianist and composer, André Tchaikowsky.
Educational broadcast. This episode of the English language series ‘English for You’ focuses on William Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon. After having established that unlike Goethe and Schiller...
Three-part documentary series. In episode 2 James Shapiro analyses Shakespeare’s work in the years following the 1605 gunpowder plot including Macbeth and Coriolanus - two plays written at a time of great...
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