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Recording of a live online discussion on the importance and influence of Shakespeare’s work on the US President, Abraham Lincoln. James Shapiro’s books include ‘Shakespeare in a Divided America: What...
Lincoln historian Harold Holzer discusses Abraham Lincoln’s interest in the writings of Shakespeare and his penchant for quoting the playwright and attending his plays. President Lincoln carried a volume...
Podcast hosted by Barbara Bogaev. She interviews Professor Michael Anderegg about Abraham Lincoln’s passion for Shakespeare.
A lecturer in Shakespeare from Kings College London, Dr Lucy Munro reviews the performances of Macbeth in the 1880s. Actors, Tom Lincoln and Eva Feiler give contrasting performances as Macbeth and Lady...
Anthology arts series hosted by Alistair Cooke. A preview of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, then under construction and scheduled to be completed in 1964. The episode includes an extract (Act...
Live television broadcast of the stage production directed by Nicholas Hytner for the Lincoln Centre 1998 Festival. Helen Hunt is Viola and Philip Bosco is Malvolio.
Radio play adapted by Tom Stoppard. Based on his original stage play, it re-tells Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the eyes of two of the play’s lesser characters. Rosencrantz is played by Danny Webb,...
Television recording of the ‘circus’ production performed live at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Centre, New York City in June 1987. This vaudeville production included circus acts from the Flying...
Video recording of the staging by Jack O’Brien of Macbeth at the Lincoln Center, NYC. Ethan Hawke and Anne-Marie Duff are the Macbeths. Videotaped for Theatre on Film and Tape by Patrick Hoffmann.
Recording of a lecture by Professor James Shapiro (Columbia University) entitled ‘Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth and Macbeth.' in which he samines the importance of Shakespeare in the life...
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