Shakespeare Audiotapes, Series

Synopsis

The pre-recorded programmes in this series combine academic criticism and actors’ rehearsals of key scenes and speeches. The scenes rehearsed on the second side of the tapes are directed by John Russell Brown, Professor of English at the University Theatre; Peter James, Director of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith; and Peter Thompson, Professor of English at the University of Exeter. The actors include Sir Michael Redgrave, Robert Hardy, Rosalie Crutchley, Helen Mirren, Prunella Scales, Corin Redgrave, Wolfe Morris, Geoffrey Hutchings, Alison Fiske, and Gemma Jones.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Sections

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Coriolanus (audio)

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Hamlet (audio)

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Macbeth (audio)

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Othello (audio)

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Tempest, The (audio)

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Antony and Cleopatra (audio-Sussex)

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King Lear (audio)

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Twelfth night (audio 1)

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Measure for measure (audio)

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Winter’s tale, The (audio-Sussex)

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Romeo and Juliet (audio)

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Julius Caesar (audio)

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Richard II (audio)

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Merchant of Venice, The (audio)

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Background to ‘Hamlet’

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As you like it (audio-Sussex)

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Richard III (audio)

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Henry IV. Part 1 (audio)

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Henry IV. Part 2 (audio)

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Heroic villains, The

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World of ‘King Lear’, The

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Troilus and Cressida (audio)

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Cymbeline (audio)