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A talk by Frank Kermode as part of the ‘Chapter and Verse:1000 years of English Literature at the British Library’ exhibition. Recorded at the British Library Auditorium (London). The talk was tied to...
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...
Readings from Shakespeare by Joe Dixon and Claire Price. Elizabeth Kenny performs music composed for the lute by John Dowland, Robert Johnson and ‘Anon’. Recorded at the British Library Auditorium...
Lecture by Park Honan, author of Shakespeare: a Life, given at the Royal Society of Literature in 1998.
Talk by Richard Eyre, delivered to the Royal Society of Literature, about his production of King Lear for the National Theatre. Chaired by John Clifford Mortimer.
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Shakespeare and his plays are woven deeply into the culture of the Caribbean, both white and black. Even after centuries of British colonial rule came to an end,...
Recording of a live online event from the British Council aimed at adult learners of English. Presented by Genevieve White and Neil McLaren, who answer multiple questions from teachers and students and point...
Comparison of language and rhythms of hip hop and Shakespeare. Features Akala, Simeon and Cameron from the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. Recorded at the British Library Conference Centre.
In this short radio programme, solicitor and scholar Anthony Julius, lecturer of law and literature at University College, London, discusses whether a case of plagiarism can be made when linked to a creative...
Author and academic Germaine Greer discusses Anne Hathaway and the commonly held beliefs about her and her marriage to William Shakespeare. Chaired by biographer Jonathan Bate and introduced by Maggie...
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