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Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by John Padel. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that...
Eight of a series of talks on English painting, 1700-1840. John Woodward, Assistant Keeper of the Department of Fine Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, gives a talk about Shakespeare illustrations. With...
Shostakovich’s opera broadcast live from the New York Metropolitan Opera and directed by Graham Vick. Maria Ewing is Katerina and Vladimir Galusin is Sergei, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra are...
James McKechnie is Prospero in a radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Arranged for broadcasting by Dennis Arundell. With incidental music by Sibelius performed by the BBC Opera Chorus and...
Radio broadcast on an excerpt from Henry IV, Part 1 that focuses on the character of Hotspur. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.
A discussion presented in two parts hosted by Bill Kristol with University of Virginia literature professor Paul Cantor. In the first, Was Shakespeare Shakespeare? (from 00:00 to 45:00), Cantor debunks...
Radio broadcast that focuses on the character of Caliban in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Produced by Mary Hope Allen with commentary by Herbert Farjeon. With Herbert Lomas as Caliban.
Live coverage of the England v France 2007 Rugby World Cup first semi-final at Stade de France, Paris presented by Jim Rosenthal. In the build-up coverage, Geoffrey Streatfeild, currently rehearsing the role...
Benjamin Britten’s opera introduced by Humphrey Carpenter. Christopher Josey is Oberon and Ciaron McFadden is Tytania. The English Northern Philharmonia is conducted by Steven Sloane.
Radio broadcast that focuses on the character of the ‘fantastical Spaniard’ a the court of Ferdinand, King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Produced by Mary Hope Allen with commentary by Herbert...