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Sonnet 127 read in costume by Ben Kingsley, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Dr A L Rowse who expounds his theory about the identity of the Dark Lady. The sonnet is then performed again in light of...
Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, and Dr Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, discuss issues arising from the study of Shakespeare’s...
Programme supporting the AA306 Shakespeare: Text and Performance course. Features interviews with leading Shakespeare critics filmed at the world Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles (US) in 1996. Terence...
Sonnet 8 read in costume by Jane Lapotaire, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Martin Best. The sonnet is performed again in light of the commentary.
Educational videotape. "For those about to study the play and for those who will never see or read it, here is a superbly acted paraphrase of Macbeth that concentrates on showing the excitement of...
Sonnet 87 read in costume by John Hurt, followed by a discussion of the Sonnet by Dr Nicholas Humphrey. Dr Humphries argues that although the sonnet looks a love poem, it more accurately describes the deep...
Eight-part television series on the history of the English language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg. Episode 4 discusses some of the greatest English texts, including the first English dictionary and...
Trevor Nunn, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, interviews actors about their interpretations of Hamlet. Program 1 (55 mins) investigates major scenes through actor commentary and production...
Recording of an online lecture by Ayanna Thompson (Regents Professor of English, Arizona State University) that looks at what decolonising Shakespeare might entail and the limitations of binary approaches to...
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