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The first of five short films which give a guide to life in Shakespeare’s time. Botanist David Bellamy assesses the legacy of Elizabethan gardens.
Recording of an illustrated lecture by Professor Shaul Bassi (Ca’Foscari University of Venice) that looks at the Jewish ghetto in Venice in the 16th century and its representation in Shakespeare’s The...
By showing Londoners of various occupations visiting the Globe theatre during Elizabethan times, the film reveals the social life of the age, which is then related to the writings of Sir Thomas More, Richard...
A version of the play which in the costumes and reproduction of the Globe theatre stage contribute to recreating the impression of 16th-century performance. Efrem Zimbalist Jnr is Prospero.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. From the duels in Romeo and Juliet to a brutal mob in Julius Caesar, street fighting transforms several of Shakespeare’s plays. How much, though, does it...
The second programme in the series on life in Elizabethan England. David Stafford discusses fashion arguing that it was an extension of the class system where elaborate sumptuary laws defined what you could...
Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to Vivian Nutton about the real John Caius, the 16th century doctor, and the...
Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the Bard’s work. In this...
Independent fiction short. Four Elizabethan office workers find themselves in the high-rise office of a 16th-century therapist who bears a close resemblance to Shakespeare. They undergo group therapy in...
Author and lecturer, Terry Tamminen discusses the impact of The Lost Letters of William Shakespeare.. These are a collection of 16th century letters that he has in his possession but were they written by the...
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