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Verdi’s opera relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Georg Solti. With James McCracken as Othello and Raina Kabaiwanska as Desdemona.
Radio broadcast. Second of a series of four brief ‘Discoveries’ investigating in a "free-mingling of recorded and imagined utterance" the theory that "much in Shakespeare criticism may have first emerged...
As part of the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s sonnets, 14 sonnets are read by Sir Ian McKellen as drop-ins through the day’s programmes, starting off with the 7am BREAKFAST...
James McKechnie is Prospero in a radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Arranged for broadcasting by Dennis Arundell. With incidental music by Sibelius performed by the BBC Opera Chorus and...
Live sound recording of John Dexter’s 1979 production of As You Like It for the National Theatre with Simon Callow as Orlando and Sara Kestelman as Rosalind.
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...
Recording of a lecture by Ruben Espinosa (Arizona State University) on Shakespeare and contemporary social issues, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Delivered at a conference co-hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 24...
Newsreel. Travelogue. Places of general and historical interest including Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spy on Hamlet who seems to have gone mad.
Audio podcast. In this episode Sara Plasskett looks at the publication of the First Folio and speaks to Professor Emma Rice, whose books include, Shakespeare’s First Folio.