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Audio recording of Timothy Findlay’s play. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to death for treason. On the eve of his death in 1601, a tormented Elizabeth seeks distraction and calls...
Podcast hostage by American teenager, Annabelle Higgins, which explores her love of her Shakespeare. In this edition she talks to actor Elizabeth Dennehy about text and performance.
Experimental short. Portrait inspired by John Everett Millais’ painting of Ophelia. Narrated by Elizabeth Reizner.
Two-part television drama chronicling the later years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the theatrical DVD version there is a scene which was not included in the second part of the broadcast programme....
A ten-part podcast series, presented by Jennifer Reid, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, exploring some of the most frequently asked questions about Shakespeare’s life. This episode invites Professor...
First in a twelve-part series of schools talks by J.C. Stobart and R.E. Jeffrey about the portrayal of kings in Shakespeare’s plays. This introductory episode focuses on the monarch under which Shakespeare...
A film made for television based on Timothy Findlay’s two-act play, directed by Martha Henry, for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to...
In this interview, Dr. Earl Showerman explores whether A Midsummer Night’s Dream contains allegorical references satirising Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Francois Hercule Valois, the Duc of...
Documentary. A portrait of the 16th century magician (mathematicians, scientist and astronomer), Dr John Dee, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Prospero and Marlowe’s Faust, as well as Queen Elizabeth...
What did everyday life look like for women throughout Tudor society? A new social history, The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton, introduces us not only to the restrictions, but also to some of...
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