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Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. In The Tempest, the magician Prospero conjures up a storm, charms his daughter to sleep, and uses his power to control Ariel and other spirits. Is this magic...
The programme, presented by Joe Barber, considers the importance of magical experience in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It looks at a gnostic mass performed by a group in New York City and compares the role...
BBC radio series. Six commissioned lectures on Shakespeare and his meaning in the modern world. In episode 5 writer and cultural historian Marina Warner considers Shakespeare’s use of the supernatural and...
Video podcast. The lecture by Jonathan Bate celebrates Shakespeare’s immortality on the exact 400th anniversary of his burial. It begins with Theseus’ speech in A Midsummer Night’s Dream about the...
Educational videotape. What do fairies look like? How can magic be staged meaningfully in modern theatre? The programme presents scenes from several filmed versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that show...
Podcast. In this edition, Professor Emma Smith talks about her podcast ‘Approaching Shakespeare’ (qv) and her books ‘This is Shakespeare’, ‘Shakespeare’s First Folio’ and ‘Portable Magic.'
Radio programme. Themed on the subject of magic in its many shades, this episode’s ‘Word and Music’ starts with Shakespeare, the theme of the year’s Proms season. Miriam Margoyles and Nicholas...
Television arts series. Peter Brook and his Experimental Theatre Company prepare for a production of The Tempest and are seen in acting exercises and performance. Brook believes that we no longer know what...
Television arts series. Part 2 of the programme interviews four cast members from the production of Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream currently on Broadway - Alan Howard, John Kane, Sara Kestelman and...
Anthology arts series. Examines why The Tempest, still holds such fascination for modern audiences. Melvyn Bragg investigates the events surrounding the writing of the play, including contemporary interest...
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