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At the heart of King John is the death of his rival Arthur: this fifteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series looks at the ways history and legitimacy are complicated in this plotline.
Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John Falstaff and investigates his role in Henry IV part 1. Lecture 11 in the Approaching Shakespeare series.
Following the loss of England’s French territories, Henry VI is plagued by power struggles, insubordination and threats to his monarchy. Part of a trilogy of plays, Emma Smiths asks whether it’s still...
Documentary chronicling Sheffield’s Highgreen Secondary School visit to Stratford upon Avon. The film takes in the views of the journey as the coach travels through Warwickshire to its final destination....
Advertisement for Duncan’s Carols and Merrols candies. The film opens in a theatre with the narrator commenting about the scene the actors are performing - the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The...
News programme. Includes a two-minute report on the work of the English Shakespeare Company actors helping with the teaching of Shakespeare to students at Wakefield Comprehensive in West Yorkshire. The...
Video recording made at the Market Theatre Johannesburg of a production of Titus Andronicus directed by Gregory Doran with Antony Sher as Titus.
Television variety and talent show for children. Each programme in this series was staged within a single fairy tale setting; in this episode the setting is Sherwood Forest. Bobby Bennett is Robin Hood, Sue...
Documentary showing the work of the Century Theatre Company as they tour the north-west of England in their mobile playhouse. Includes rehearsals for a production of Twelfth Night in Richmond, North...
BBC Radio 4’s current affairs programme presented by John Humphreys and James Naughtie. This edition features Ian McMillan’s poem, ‘Shakespeare rules Britain’, written specially for the part of the...
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