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Recording of Nadia Khan’s conversation with Professor Matthew Dimmock (University of Sussex) in which he discusses the Muslim motifs, places and objects in many of Shakespeare’s plays.
Religious affairs radio programme. In this edition The former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Anwar Ibrahim, addresses the World Shakespeare Congress at the University of Queensland on the subject of...
Podcast hosted by Dr Paul Edmondson and Dr Anjna Chouhan that discusses Shakespeare in the 21st Century. Dr Islam Issa talks about the impact of Shakespeare on his life and work.
Radio broadcast. Professor Jerry Brotton examines Queen Elizabeth I’s fascination with the Orient and Britain’s first contacts with the Muslim world. Read by Derek Jacobi. 5: How the London stage...
Video recording of the Dhaka Theatre from Bangladesh staging of The Tempest. Performed in Bangla as part of the Globe to Globe Season. The production uses 11 actors and 2 musicians and incorporates...
Radio broadcast. Shakespeare scholar Islam Issa highlights a new civic pride that’s encouraging the people of Birmingham to realise the significance of their city’s unique Shakespearean legacy....
Shakespeare scholar Dr Islam Issa explores different representations of Cleopatra - the heroine of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ or the seductress seen in Hollywood movies. Josette Simon discusses her playing...
Reflecting on his travels and encounters around the Arab world, ‘New Generation Thinker’ Islam Issa (Birmingham City University) discusses how canonical English writers (Shakespeare and Milton) creep...
Shakespeare’s tragedy, adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding, set in an imagined near future in which Turkey attacks Cyprus. Western forces rush to Cyprus’ defence, under the command of General...
Radio broadcast. This edition of Sunday Feature is made of two items - the first is ‘Is it wrong to have children? and the second is ‘Do terrorists have a problem with Shakespeare? in which Dr Islam...
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