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Documentary series in which presenter Jack Hargreaves explores rural life in Britain, observing and reflecting on its character, traditions, history and folklore, and the skills that had passed from...
Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the Bard’s work. In this...
Screening Twilight: Critical Approaches to a Cinematic Phenomenon Edited by Wickham Clayton and Sarah Harman (I.B. Tauris, May 2014), 240 pages ISBN: 978-1780766669 (paperback) £14.99; ISBN: 978-1780766652...
The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...
An exploration of the culture of the people of Sri Lanka. Shows the the daily life of villagers - cultivating their rice fields, visiting the market and attending a variety of ceremonies. All aspects of...
A film on the Hindu kingdom in the Himalayas where tribal animism, Buddhism and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask dances accompanied by the sound of large barrel drums...
A bleak study of the Hurandos, inhabitants of a poor region near Salamanca, in north-east Spain. Living hopelessly in a barren wasteland, ridden with disease, superstition and ignorance, they let their...
Excerpts from the National Theatre of Nigeria’s production of ‘Oba Koso’ a Yoruba folklore drama about a wicked man who tries to overthrow the king. Features intricate dance steps, brilliantly coloured...
Audio podcast. In this episode Sara Plasskett and her husband Eli look at the oral storytelling tradition and how folk tales may have influenced Shakespeare when he wrote Cymbeline, especially Snow White.
Radio broadcast for schools. In this English Literature series, I. M. Pagan identifies folklore tales that are interwoven in Shakespeare plays. This episode focuses on Hamlet.
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