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Video of the sixth and final lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate looks at how Shakespeare immortalised figures from ancient...
University of Virginia literature professor Paul Cantor discusses Shakespeare’s view of ancient Rome in Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
Video of the first lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate discusses Shakespeare’s childhood, when he learned London, and his...
In the 17th century, London hosted a rich and vibrant theatre scene where the great works of Shakespeare thrived. However, we shall never know the true extent of the creative breadth and range during this...
Podcast hosted by Barbara Bogaev in which she interviews Sir Jonathan Bate about his book, How the Classics Made Shakespeare, which looks at the original Greek and Roman sources that inspired Shakespeare’s...
BBC Radio production of Shakespeare’s tragedy with Diana Rigg as Volumnia and Trystan Gravelle in the title role. The broadcast is introduced by Natalie Haynes.
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the subject of ancient Greece. The second part of the programme opens with programme an excerpt from the opening to Troilus and Cressida read by...
Recording of an open air production of Shakespeare’s play, staged at the ancient Kourion amphiteatre in Cyprus.
Omnibus edition of the entire seven-part radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s drama set in Ancient Rome, adapted into modern English verse by Sean San José and Catherine Eaton. Part of the ‘Play...
Sixth part of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s drama set in Ancient Rome, adapted into modern English verse by Sean San José and Catherine Eaton. Part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’...