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An investigation into the enduring scholarly debate on the authorship of the works long attributed to William Shakespeare. Drawing on original 16th century documents and the Oxford Bible, the film makes...
A version of the play in which the costumes and reproduction of the Globe theatre stage contribute to recreating a 16th-century performance. William Marshall is Othello.
Stephen Greenblatt talks about his book Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, published by W.W. Norton and Co. He describes England during Shakespeare’s time and discusses how the...
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. If you were ill in Shakespeare’s time you might be told to drink liquid gold or syrup of violets. You might undergo a violent purgation to take the bad...
Television documentary billed as ‘TEMPO presents A VISION OF ENGLAND in honour of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday’. Richard Buckle, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Exhibition at Stratford-upon-Avon,...
A hypercard-based program on Shakespeare covering biography, social and cultural background, theatre and plays, and the texts themselves. Also includes over 2200 colour graphics of Renaissance life and art,...
Podcast hosted by Thomas Dabbs (Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan). In this edition Alec Ryrie (Durham University) discusses English drama from the 16th and 17th century and the impact of the...
Extract from the arts anthology series. Dr Frank Baxter discusses the design of the Globe Theatre, why Shakespearean clowns are not funny, and how the Elizabethans perceived their world. Hosted by Alistair...
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 in the year of the 400th anniversary...
Pre-school history series. Grandad Harvey takes Asher on a journey of discovery to find out what life was like for a child during Elizabethan times. Dressing up in magnificent Elizabethan costumes, they...