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This lecture takes up a detail from Shakespeare’s late Roman tragedy Coriolanus to ask about the representation of character, the use of sources and the genre of tragedy.
This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play’s personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example.
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2003 production of Cymbeline. Directed by Dominic Cooke with Emma Fielding as Imogen and David Horovitch as Cymbeline.
Video recording using a single, fixed camera, of Ian Judge’s 1995 production of Twelfth Night with Desmond Barrit as Malvolio and Emma Fielding as Viola.
That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest: this tenth Approaching Shakespeare lecture asks whether that is a useful reading of the play.
Video recording of Theatre Nomad’s touring all-female production of Macbeth. Emma Kilbey is Macbeth. Luke Dixon directs.
Asking ‘what happens in As You Like It’, this lecture considers the play’s dramatic structure and its ambiguous use of pastoral, drawing on performance history, genre theory, and eco-critical approaches.
A concert recorded in April 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall celebrating Shakespeare’s plays and poetry. Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00 Patrick Doyle: Overture; It Must Be Requited (Much Ado About Nothing)....
Focusing in detail on one particular scene, and on critical responses to it, this sixth Approaching Shakespeare lecture on Titus Andronicus deals with violence, rhetoric, and the nature of dramatic...
The 2017 series of Shakespeare lectures concludes with an exploration of one of the Bard’s early comedies.
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