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Radio series. To celebrate the BBC’s November Shakespeare season, presenter Roger McGough introduces requests for verse by Shakespeare. Sonnets and excerpts read by Fiona Shaw and Barrie Rutter. (30 minutes)
Radio broadcast. In this two-part programme Professor Michael Dobson explores the history of outdoor Shakespeare productions. The second episode (30/07/2007) focuses on the amateur theatre company.
A video recording of the play produced by Falstaff Presents and directed by Beth Milles. Peter Jacobson is Arcite and Rainn Wilson, Palamon.
Dr Frank Baxter concludes his first series of lectures by summarising why he believes Shakespeare is a great author.
The third and final programme on Othello presented by Dr Frank C. Baxter. Baxter analyses the fourth and fifth acts of the play discussing humour, poetry and the use of song; he also considers the burden of...
The second of three programmes on Macbeth presented by Dr Frank C. Baxter. Baxter analyses the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believing that Macbeth has a deep and vivid imagination that envisions...
Dr Frank C. Baxter presents a history of western drama from the classic Greek to the English morality play, seen as a forerunner to Elizabethan drama. Baxter argues that the public theatre developed out of a...
Classic BBC radio comedy show. Episode 7 in series 8 includes a fifteen-minute parody of Henry VIII ("Pruneplay of the Week"). A breakneck smattering of silly voices and dreadful puns is held together by...
Classic British radio comedy series. Episode 11 in series 5 (50th show) includes a fifteen-minute parody of Othello. A breakneck smattering of silly voices and dreadful puns is held together by funny songs...
Classic British radio comedy series. First episode in series eight includes a fifteen-minute parody of The Taming of the Shrew ("Pruneplay of the Week"). A breakneck smattering of silly voices and dreadful...