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A collection of films made by the University of Warwick in conjunction with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust about the life and times of William Shakespeare. In this film Paul Edmondson, Director of Learning...
BBC Radio 3 arts series. Matthew Sweet presents a special edition examining the relationship between Shakespeare and Americans. Discusses the Californian goldrush and Alexis De Toqueville’s claim that...
Radio adaptation of Barrie Rutter’s 2009 Northern Broadsides company production of the play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds with Lenny Henry taking the title role.
From the depression of Hamlet to the guilt of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s work has many references to mental health. Academics and actors at Warwick Arts Centre explore issues such as depression,...
BBC Radio 3 arts series. Includes a discussion on the role of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 21st-century as the Complete Works Festival gets underway in Stratford upon Avon. The panel (Carol Rutter,...
Documentary. Lenny Henry tells how a comedian had a burning ambition to act in Shakespeare’s plays. There are brief extracts (rehearsal and performance) of Henry in Othello (Rutter’s 2009 production) and...
Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes a report from the first night of the Barrie Rutter’s production of Othello, with Lenny Henry in the title role.
Radio adaptation of Pericles with Paapa Essiedu as Pericles and Willard White as Gower.
Radio documentary following stand-up comedian Lenny Henry as he prepares to take on the role of Othello for Barrie Rutter’s production of the play at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Covering...
Live sound recording of Terry Hands’ 1975 production of Henry IV. Part 1 for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Emrys James as King Henry, Alan Howard as Hal, and Brewster Mason as Falstaff.