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Accompanying event to the British Library’s ‘Shakespeare in Ten Acts’ exhibition. The panellists discuss the political themes within Shakespeare’s plays and consider how he voiced the political...
Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield talk about their co-edited work Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultrural Materialism. Recorded at the National Humanities Centre, North Carolina.
This six-episode podcast miniseries looks at the political currents that influenced Shakespeare and how they apply to the world today. Hosted by Isaac Butler. In ancient Rome, the people rise up to demand...
Video recording of King Lear directed by Imre Kerényi for the Madách Theater, Budapest with Péter Huszti as Lear. No other cast members known (10/2008).
Political advertisement. One in a series of commercials in the ‘Stevenson for President’ campaign that featured actual and fictional people voting for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 American Presidential...
Anthology arts series. The programme examines how the ideas which Shakespeare’s play addresses (tyranny, ambition, power) have resonances in twentieth and twenty-first century politics and political...
Part 1: The Congress. A radio documentary introducing the 1st World Shakespeare Congress in Vancouver, August 1971 documented by Joan Coldwell. (a) Prof. Roy Daniells, University of British Columbia,...
Radio broadcast. Four-part series in which Huw Edwards discovers how some operatic masterpieces reflect the political and social circumstances of their age. In the final edition Edwards talks about Verdi’s...
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a special one hour edition of their topical comedy radio series, The Now Show, applying its trademark gags and satirical political barbs to provide a commentary on previous...
Television documentary. John Tusa investigates Shakespeare’s reputation over four centuries. Aspects covered include examination of forgeries, nationalism and political implications. Extracts from films...
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