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Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Professor Steve Mentz (St. John’s University) about Shakespeare’s oceanic metaphors, how he really knew about the ocean and what plays like The Tempest, King Lear, and...
Sonnet 65 read in costume by Jane Lapotaire, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Stephen Spender. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
Animated feature film. An underwater adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with star-crossed seals. When Juliet’s father arranges for her to marry Prince, the monstrous sea elephant, she takes the advice of Friar...
Fifth in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on Julius Caesar and Henry VIII. The series is arranged by...
Pre-school children’s poetry series featuring poems translated into British Sign Language and brought to life with original animation. To celebrate the 400-year legacy of William Shakespeare, Ashley and...
Shakespeare’s famous line-up from As You Like It is newly explored for the 1980s in a series of seven documentary films written and presented by Ronald Eyre. Each episode deals with a different stage of...
Biopic. In one scene Queen Victoria is listening to a reading from Richard II. The scene is Act 3, sc. ii `Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king; The breath of...
Towards the end of the episode, when all villains who have attempted to take over Starfleet are apparently defeated, Admiral Picard (Patrick Stewart) shares a drink with his crew and provides a toast by...
A televised version of Ninagawa’s 2005 Kabuki production of Twelfth Night transposed to 14th century Japan and set on the sea-coast of the Kii Province.
Feature film. Modernised version of Twelfth Night set in the high living, pot smoking environment of a pop group in the seventies. The cast find themselves in a marshy region along the North Sea known as...
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