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Condensed version of José Limón’s ballet directed and filmed by Walter Slate. Limón dances the title role.
Modern dance work by Jose Limon inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello; direction and reconstruction by Risa Steinberg.
In a special episode of the radio arts review programme, presenter Mark Lawson interviews Germaine Greer about her new book on Shakespeare’s marriage Shakespeare’s Wife.
Feature film. A man stands by the body of his wife, who has commited suicide by jumping from the balcony of their apartment. He recalls their life to Anna, their maid. Includes a scene at a stage...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to author Marion Turner about her book, The Wife of Bath: A Biography, and the influence Chaucer’s character had on later writers including Shakespeare.
José Limón’s ballet set to music by Henry Purcell and arranged by Simon Sadoff. Rudolf Nureyev is Othello and Lisa Bradley is Desdemona.
Feature film which considers what might have happened had Romeo and Juliet made it to Mantua safely: Romeo would need a job and a pregnant Juliet would hate finding out that Romeo wasn’t so romantic after...
Feature film. Simonetta, the wife of the celebrated Italian actor Silvio Steno, spends time with his best friend Scipione while Steno prepares for a production of Othello. Simonetta and Scipione go to the...
Jose Limon’s ballet danced by the American Dance Company with Limon dancing the role of The Moor.
Radio broadcast. Second of six talks by literary critic William Empson in which he discusses some of the problems of character and action raised by Shakespearean characters, such as Macbeth, Hamlet and...
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