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Radio music programme, inspired by the works of Shakespeare. The Northern Studio Orchestra, directed by John Bridge, plays Edward German’s Overture to ‘Richard III’, various pieces from Quilter’s...
Radio programme investigating some settings of British composers whose music has been inspired by Shakespeare. It features songs by John Gardner (Nos 1, 2, 4, 5), Vaughan Williams, Cyril Rootham, Giles...
This new RSC production of Shakespeare’s play by Erica Whyman was made directly for the screen, a first for the company. It is set in the 16 years between the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 and the...
The play’s theme of ‘poison’ is explored, both in the physical sense of the three poisoning episodes, and in the figurative sense of subtly spreading corruption and evil.
Professor Mack of Yale University divides the play into three sections: a ghost story, a detective story, and a revenge story. and discusses the major characters and movements, illustrated with scenes from...
An experimental interpretation of Hamlet. "Hamlet is placed at the centre of the maelstrom and Ophelia, Gertrude, Claudius and all the other players circle around him. As Hamlet floats on the waves they swim...
Maynard Mack, Yale University, uses portraits (e.g. Sir Francis Drake), maps (Visscher’s View) and models (Globe Playhouse) to discuss the relationship between the age of Elizabeth and Hamlet. He reflects...
Professor Mack of Yale University lectures on the play. Part 1 discusses the social structures, customs and audiences of Elizabethan England. Part 2 looks at the play’s three stories: the ghost story, the...
Five daily readings of Shakespearean sonnets, performed around London Landmarks, as a prelude to a live transmission of HENRY V, Act IV from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on 15 June 1997 at 8pm. 09/06...
Documentary on the lives and deaths of Bosko Brkic and Admira Ismic, a young Serbian man and Muslim woman who died in each others arms on May 19 1993 after being shot by snipers during the Serbo-Croat civil...
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