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Video lecture by David O’Connor (University of Notre Dame) that explores some of the literary influences on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. He focuses on the inspiration he drew from...
Stage recording edited together from various performances from the original run. Created for online delivery in response to the theatre’s closure due to the Covid-19 crisis. A modern-dress production with...
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.
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Robert Myles about his ‘The Show Must Go Online’ project (qv), which aims to stage all of Shakespeare’s play online during the Covid 19 crisis.
This six-episode podcast miniseries looks at the political currents that influenced Shakespeare and how they apply to the world today. Hosted by Isaac Butler. In the 1590s, worried about future of his own...
Video made as part of The Shakespeare 2020 Project Adam G. Hooks (University of Iowa) discusses the work that made Shakespeare famous and, in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, its references to the plague.
Audio podcast produced by the Jermyn Street Theatre. This edition discusses their production of The Tempest, which had been running for a few days before the theatre closed due to the Covid-19 crisis....
The City of London during the 2008 financial crisis provide the setting for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ with Hayley Atwell and featuring Andrew Scott in the role of Shylock.
Canadian drama series detailing daily life at the New Burbage Theatre Festival, a Shakespearean theatre company in crisis. The second season follows the New Burbage production of Macbeth.
Radio talk by T. S. Gregory, President of the Aquinas Society and Editor of the Dublin Review, who regards Hamlet primarily as a play about acting. According to the Radio Times programme notes, Gregory holds...
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