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Radio programme. Body fat and the social and health issues it raises are currently fashionable issues, but they are not new concepts. Falstaff’s fatness is celebrated in Shakespeare’s plays and in...
Recording of a lecture by Ruben Espinosa (Arizona State University) on Shakespeare and contemporary social issues, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Delivered at a conference co-hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 24...
Recording of a live webinar, the first in a series examining Shakespeare and race from Shakespeare’s Globe. Professor Farah Karim-Cooper, Professor Aldo Billingslea and Dr Vanessa I. Corredera discuss...
Radio broadcast. Lewis Nkose interviews the South African poet Raymond Kunene about the influence of Shakespeare on African poets.
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...
A radio programme made in honour of Shakespeare’s quartercentenary and compiled and presented by Lewis Nkosi. In the first item, the critic of The Statesman Ronald Bryden speaks about Laurence Olivier’s...
Feature film. Low budget, independent film in which Hamlet is played by a woman (often in male dress) and Ophelia by a man. The film is set in contemporary Turkey; it maintains the outline of Hamlet while...
Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. The first half of the programme features Joseph Papp. The segment, filmed in New York City, shows Papp being interviewed at various locations relevant to his...
A programme supporting the AA 306: Shakespeare; Text and Performance course. The audio and video resources for the course offer an insight into Shakespeare’s plays in close relation to the social and...
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