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A lecture given by A.L. Rowse at the 1983 Cheltenham Literary Festival. Professor Rowse lectures on historical writing as a branch of literature using Shakespeare’s sonnets, Love’s Labour’s Lost and...
Radio version by Tom Stoppard based on his original stage play. Directed by John Tydeman with music by Marc Wilkinson.
Full radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced and directed by Sue Wilson with Ronald Pickup as Prospero. The music is composed by Anthea Gomez and is performed by Colin Crabbe, Linda Rhodes, Martha...
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play directed by David Spenser, starring Anna Massey as Princess of France and Paul Scofield as Don Adriano. The music is composed by Derek Oldfield and is played by the...
Examines the nature of tyranny, power and politics as reflected in Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. The Julius Caesar section includes an interview between Trevor Macdonald, of Channel...
Radio adapatation of the play produced and directed by Martin Jenkins. With David Suchet as Shylock and Hannah Gordon as Portia. Music composed by Philip Lane.
An introduction to Shakespearean tragedy through an examination of key scenes from four of the plays. It shows how Shakespeare explores the minds - often under intolerable stress - of his characters, with...
Documentary made for schools. Compares and contrasts different styles and type of humour through the ages. Explains the elements of comedy used by Shakespeare including the use of mischief, power of the...
Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play directed by Peter Kavanagh. With Warren Mitchell in the title role, Martin Jarvis as Antonio and Juliet Aubrey as Portia. Original music by Barrington Pheloung.
Radio adaptation starring Freddie Jones as Falstaff in Shakespeare’s ‘Elizabethan sitcom’. Miriam Margoyles and Paula Wilcox co-star as the scheming wives, with Elizabeth Spriggs as Mistress Quickly, a...
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