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Ten anthologies of short pieces for radio that capture an off-beat spirit of London presented by writer Andrea Levy . In this episode Levy introduces a Korean hairdresser in New Malden who’s mad about...
Radio documentary. Graphic designer Teresa Monachino looks at who owns Shakespeare in terms of branding and how the name and image have been commercialised. Contributors include: Professor Michael Dobson...
Video podcast. A practical Masterclass with Gregory Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of ‘You...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to writer David West Read about his current Broadway musical, & Juliet, which imagines what might have happened if Juliet decided not to kill herself and moved to Paris with...
Radio series exploring the work of Renaissance nobleman and writer Michel de Montaigne. In this episode Jonathan Bate considers the relationship between Montaigne and Shakespeare. Excerpts from the essays...
BBC Radio 3 arts series. In this edition Philip Dodd talks to director Richard Linklater about his new film ME AND ORSON WELLES (2008), which explores the life of the great filmmaker, writer and actor when...
Video of the fourth lecture by Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA on how Shakespeare’s imagination was inspired by classical antiquity. Bate examines how Shakespeare looked at Roman political models and the...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Talene Monahon about her new play, Jane Anger, which imagines the author of the 1589 pamphlet ‘Jane Anger: Her Protection for Women’ helping Shakespeare with writer’s...
Radio broadcast, Writer Robert McCrum goes to America to assess Shakespeare’s appeal. In Washington he discovers that his plays are used to discuss ideas of power and politics. He meets Stephen Sondheim...
In this account of the battle of Agincourt experienced through the eyes of Pistol (Bob Hoskins), writer Peter Mottley focuses the action of the play on the minor characters of Shakespeare’s Henry V and how...
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