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As part of the Shakespeare 400 Festival, and to coincide with the publication of ‘On Shakespeare’s Sonnets: A Poets’ Celebration’, Margreta de Grazia introduces ten of the poets, each of whom reads...
Schools radio broadcast on Shakespeare’s poetry. Part of a series on English poets and poetry planned by Mary Somerville and written by Stephen Potter.
Lecture by Professor Marie Borroff who presents three distinct poets Chaucer, Shakespeare and Robert Frost. She discusses how the poets themes find unique expression in their language and how their language...
Radio series showcasing the work of ‘English Poets’. The Shakespeare programmes have been selected by George Rylands and are read by Rylands and V. C. Clinton Baddeley. No further information known...
Feature film set in 1950s America. An unconventional teacher inspires his pupils, one of whom (Neil Perry) is seen as Puck in a school production a A Midsummer Night’s Dream, parts of which are shown...
The sonnets of Shakespeare read by Simon Callow. The pack includes the printed text.
Five-part series in which Simon Rae asks contemporary poets to explain their fascination with one of the most popular poetic forms in English. In episode 3 Marilyn Hacker discusses the importance of...
Television documentary series in which Poet Laureate Andrew Motion talks to public figures about their favourite poetry and poets. In this episode former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, discusses...
Recording of an illustrated lecture by Professor Marina Frolova-Walker FBA (Clare College, Cambridge) on the the censure of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and...
Radio programme. Presenter Melvyn Bragg and guests Professor Frank Kermode, Professor/poet Phillis Levin, and Professor Jonathan Bate discuss the Sonnet and its poetic relevance. What is it about the Sonnet...
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