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Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Ben Crystal on what Shakespeare’s plays sounded like when first performed. Crystal demonstrates with examples from...
Video recording of David William’s 1992 production of The Tempest for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Alan Scarfe is Prospero.
The Merchant of Venice acted by students of the University of Cambridge directed by Douglas Morse. Tom Yarrow is Shylock.
Video recording of Michael Langham’s production of Measure for Measure for the 1992 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Brian Bedford is Duke Vincentio and Elizabeth Marvel is Isabella.
Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and Simon Godwin. This episode, the last in the series, looks at Shakespeare’s late plays, the ones Coleridge dubbed ‘romances’ including Cymbeline, The...
A collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets read by actors, and songs inspired by the sonnets. The many performers include John Gielgud, Annie Lennox, Richard Attenborough, Peter Barkworth, Bryan Ferry, Kenneth...
Comedian Lenny Henry and director Barrie Rutter talk about studying just 14 lines of Othello, and Peter Kirwan speaks on his year seeing every production in the RSC’s Complete Works Season.
Podcasts. Hosts Fred Dakin and Tom Stadler are joined by Beth Ann and Patrick Schmitz to discuss adaptations of Shakespeare’s work. Titles discussed include Disney’s The Lion King, Orson Welles’ Chimes...
Second in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on three history plays, Henry V, Henry IV, Part 1 and...
Radio schools broadcast. The second story in the ten-part history series by Rhoda Power features an imaginary account of Shakespeare’s childhood intended for 13-14 year old schoolchildren.