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Neil Aldrich recites Shakespeare’s sonnets, and other works, speculating about the recitative convention employed in the 17th century. The delivery is rap-like, very different from the performance norm....
Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss the depiction of jealousy in Shakespeare’s plays such as Othello, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Of the 154 sonnets written by Shakespeare, most were written to an unnamed young man, commonly referred to as the Fair Youth. Here, Judi Dench’s readings of these 14 sonnets (nos 27, 29, 30, 43, 53, 55,...
Radio version of Love’s Labour’s Lost. No further details known (4/2007).
29 of Shakespeare’s sonnets delivered by four young people (collectively and individually) in pastoral settingsas well as at the breakfast table, over the telephone, and as a stand-up comedy routine....
Experimental digital feature. Haunted by his past, a prisoner is released and moves to a deserted office block with a female friend where he becomes involved in a production of Hamlet.
Contains two works: Before Breakfast (35:53) and Lady Macbeth (18:04). In the song cycle ‘Lady Macbeth’ Lauren Flanigan is the soprano; pianist is Joseph Illick.
Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg. This episode focuses on Red Velvet, the new play by Lolita Chakrabarti about the 1833 production of Othello starring Ira Aldridge, the first Black actor to play...
Sonnet 53 read in costume by Simon Callow, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr Nicholas Humphrey. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
Comedy romance feature film. James Flanagan, a 53 year-old New York cab driver, is an aspiring Shakespearean actor. He is troubled by thoughts of his father, who died of alcohol abuse when James was a...
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