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Video lecture by David O’Connor (University of Notre Dame) that explores some of the literary influences on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. He focuses on the inspiration he drew from...
A video recording of the stage production of Charles Gildon’s play performed by the Shakespeare Institute Players of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham.
Short. The first of three films taking their cue from three different Shakespearean sonnets, universal and timeless ideas are explored.
Podcast in which hosts Professor Michelle Ephraim (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts) and Professor Caroline Bicks (University of Maine) discuss everyday issues through a Shakespearean lens. In...
Feature film. London in the 1660s, and a declaration from King Charles II (Rupert Everett) legalising female actors puts the girl-boy specialist Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) out of a job. His former dresser...
Television arts documentary. Michael Hordern talks about the role of Prospero. He speaks of the challenges that the role presents, emphasising Prospero’s humility and compassion. He fears the dangers of...
Interest film. Shows scenes of London life including a view of St Paul’s Cathedral from the site of the Old Globe Theatre, followed by scenes from a performance of As You Like It played on a brewer’s...
Video made as part of The Shakespeare 2020 Project. Laura Jayne Wright (University College, Oxford) discusses the instability of the world presented, the beauty of the language and inconsistencies between...
Fiction film comedy concerning a ham actor (Humphrey) who, with his company, leaves town without paying his hotel bill. Pursued by a policemen he takes refuge in a private house where he stumbles upon some...
Reporter Elizabeth Kendrick interviews Paul Robeson and Mary Ure at the Stratford Memorial Theatre where they are about to open the season with Othello. Robeson and Mary Ure are in costume being interviewed...
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