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Radio arts programme. John Pickford explores the intellectual and scientific thought that shaped Shakespeare’s period.
Living Shakespeare is a collection of filmed essays commissioned by the British Council as part of the Shakespeare Lives project which celebrates Shakespeare’s influence on culture, language, education and...
Fifth of twelve programmes in which all Shakespeare sonnets are recited by various actors. The programme is introduced by Rayner Heppenstall. Marius Goring reads Sonnets 43 to 55.
Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and Simon Godwin. This episode explores the character of Shylock from The Merchant of Venice and how the new production of the play from the Shakespeare Theatre...
Radio broadcast of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’. With Arnold Matters as Falstaff. The BBC Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Stanford Robinson. The programme is presented by Mark Lubbock with...
Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss why some of Shakespeare’s plays are less likely to be performed or admired and consider how this has changed over the centuries. Their long list...
The first experimental television transmission shown at the Radio Olympia exhibition. Two programmes were transmitted from Alexandra Palace daily throughout the Radio Show to September 5th. The programme...
Neil Aldrich recites Shakespeare’s sonnets, and other works, speculating about the recitative convention employed in the 17th century. The delivery is rap-like, very different from the performance norm....
The story of Romeo and Juliet retold in Notting Hill Gate, London, against a backdrop of murder, drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The period when Shakespeare was writing was one torn by disagreements over the proper method of observing Christianity in England. Protestantism was at war with...
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