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Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss why this is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays.
Radio series in which public figures are interviewed about their favourite bit of Shakespeare. In this episode broadcaster and ex-politician Michael Portillo chooses a speech from Troilus and Cressida (Act 3...
Radio broadcast that focuses on the character of Pandarus in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. Produced by Mary Hope Allen with commentary by Herbert Farjeon. With Max Adrian as Pandarus.
Anthology arts series. In the 17th century Troilus and Cressida was censored and in the 18th century Tate gave King Lear a happy ending. The programme debates the line between interpretation and vandalism.
Feature film. Spoof horror picture in which a ham Shakespearean actor, Edward Lionheart, takes revenge on eight critics who have ridiculed his performances. He engineers a series of elaborate murders....
Television serial, in seven parts, based on the Balkan and Levant trilogies, Olivia Manning’s autobiographical accounts of her travels with her husband Reggie Smith between 1939 and 1943. Together for the...
1: Professor Harold Brooks introduces the play, singling out its uniqueness in the Shakespearean output. He then begins his treatment of the play’s dramatic unit, considering the choice of subject, the...
An About Anglia special presentation by Michael Robson to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, featuring a compilation of enactments of his work, and footage taken from Laurence...
Video of the second lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate discusses how Shakespeare’s conception of the hero was shaped by...
Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss why some of Shakespeare’s plays are less likely to be performed or admired and consider how this has changed over the centuries. Their long list...
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