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Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his first of 400 performances of Hamlet beginning at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1957. He shares his personal discovery of the meaning of Hamlet’s words and his motivations.
Video made as part of The Shakespeare 2020 Project. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner (Linfield University) explores its designation as a comedy, its depiction of Jews and its use of genre.
Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss what they think should be Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Their criteria was based on judging the works based on: Characters, Plot/story,...
Video lecture by David O’Connor (University of Notre Dame) that explores some of the literary influences on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. He focuses on the inspiration he drew from...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev interviews Dr. Freda Scott Giles (University of Georgia) about Black responses to the Bard. Topics covered include the African Company from the 1820s; the Harlem renaissance of the...
Ten clips selected from the CBC Archive (radio and television) on the life and work of Robert Lepage. Available online, they include an item on Lepage being invited to direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream at...
This site brings together five short films made by students at Anglia Ruskin University on the theme of Shakespeare and the Environment. The details for each film are: The Pulse of Change (Director: Velina...
Recording of presentations from five venues - Shakespeare in Paradise (Bahamas), The Handlebards (UK), Shakespeare in Yosemite (California, USA), The Willow Globe (Wales), and Butterfly Theatre (UK) - that...
Recording of an illustrated lecture by Kathryn Smith in which she explores how some of Shakespeare’s works have been adapted for opera. Some the works discussed include adaptations of Macbeth (Verdi,...
`The Dog Film presents Shakespaws! Watch the four-legged ensemble cast wag, pant and paw their way through canine adaptations of the Bard’s classic works. With hours of entertainment for your dog and you,...
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