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Professor A.D. Nuttall examines how, in his last plays Shakespeare turns to the world of fairy tale in contrast to the realism of his earlier works.
Television schools programme. Contrasts the idealism of the lovers with the realism expressed and demonstrated by other characters in the play.
Nigel Alexander, University of Nottingham, and Nicholas Brooke, University of East Anglia, discuss the complexities of what is often considered as a straightforward ‘romantic’ tragedy. This play...
Radio talk by T. S. Gregory, President of the Aquinas Society and Editor of the Dublin Review, who regards Hamlet primarily as a play about acting. According to the Radio Times programme notes, Gregory holds...
Fourth of a five-part series of radio essays exploring Shakespeare’s portrayal of love and how his work affects perceptions of love. In this episode, Professor Helen Hackett reflects on the enduring power...
A filmed record (with Beerbohm Tree’s consent) of the opening storm scene from his stage production of The Tempest. Urban’s catalogue describes the scenes thus: ‘This remarkable picture, taken under...
Video recording of the Chiten company’s staging of Coriolanus for the Globe to Globe season. Directed by Motoi Miura with Dai Ishida in the title role. All other roles were performed by a chorus of four....
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1987 production of Titus Andronicus directed by Deborah Warner with Brian Cox as Titus. A landmark production, shocking...
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of Michael Boyd’s 2007 production of Richard II with Jonathan Slinger in the title role.
Video recording of The Merchant of Venice directed for the 2001 Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival by Richard Monette. Paul Soles is Shylock.
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