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Documentary series on evolutionary biology. In this episode presenter Dr Armand Leroi speaks of the levels of sophistication in the human brain and one of the examples given is Othello. Othello and Iago are...
Radio programme. C.B. Purdom discusses with G. Wilson Knight his view that in Shakespeare’s dramas the action is always presented from the point of view of the protagonist after the crisis.
Barbara Bogaev talks to Lisa Klein about her novel Ophelia, a retelling of Hamlet from the point of view of its female protagonist, now adapted into a film starring Daisy Ridley.
Feature film based on Rebecca Serle’s novel, When You Were Mine, a romantic comedy version of Romeo and Juliet re-told from the point of view of the boy’s jilted ex-girlfriend, Rosaline.
Radio broadcast. Theatre designer Albert Rutherston, who has worked on the set and costume design for Granville Barker’s production of The Winter’s Tale (1912), describes how he would go about setting...
Educational videotape, in two parts, to help audiences (especially US Grade 9-12 and college students) identify with universal themes in Shakespeare’s plays. The video maintains the language and key themes...
Three-part radio series presented by Jim Hiley. Drawing on the ideas of actors, directors, writers, scholars and playgoers, the programme re-examines Shakespeare’s reputation and assesses his influence as...
Television programme in a series on human consciousness. Psychologist Nicholas Humphrey discusses why we care about fictional characters, using as illustration a performance from Hamlet (III iv). During the...
In this radio talk Hitchcock replies to Granville-Barker’s proposition that Shakespeare’ plays could not be represented adequately on the air or the screen from the point of view of the filmmaker. Val...
Examines the challenges in dealing with Shakespeare’s plays from a directing point of view. Taking scenes from Hamlet, stage director David Ritchie and film director Arthur Tanaka, discuss ways of...
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