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The last in a series of radio talks on Shakespeare is given by George Rylands, author of Words and Poetry (1928), and focuses on the meaning of Shakespeare’s diction and style.
Radio broadcast. A series of four inventions by H.F. Rubinstein based on well-known themes of literature or history. In this episode the author speculates on the life of Shakespeare’s characters some time...
Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts the New London Orchestra and the BBC Singers.
Sixth talk in a series of radio programmes that introduces various fields of research within Shakespearean studies. J.I.M. Stewart, author of Character and Motive in Shakespeare, surveys theories on the...
Fourth in a series of radio programmes that introduces various fields of research within Shakespearean studies. Professor George F. Reynolds, author of the pioneer study of Staging the Red Bull Theatre,...
What took place aboard the privateer which captured Hamlet on his way to England? How was it that, on his return to Denmark the melancholy Prince had become a man of energy and resolution? Read’s radio...
Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts The Boyd Neel Orchestra and The BBC Singers.
A television adaptation of W.S. Gilbert’s 1891 burlesque. The script parodies the style of Shakespearean performance in the 1890s and centres on Claudius’ secret - that in his youth he was the author of...
Radio broadcast accompanying Dickon Reed’s 6 one-hour adaptation of Henry IV and Henry V. John Wain, author of ‘The Living World of Shakespeare’ (1978), actor Alan Howard and Michael Billington, drama...
Radio play by James R. Gregson. Set in Portia’s house in Belmont, it begins with the Prince of Morocco making his fateful casket choice in blank verse. When he begins to quote lines from other plays, an...
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