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Synopsis
Five-part series in which Michael Kustow explores Shakespeare’s status as the world’s most popular playwright. In episode three Kustow explores the challenges of presenting and studying Shakespeare in other countries whose language is English. Kevin Kline talks about the actor’s encounter with a sometimes forbidding English tradition, director Peter Sellars compares the conflicts of Shakespeare’s England with America now, and Anita Loombia shows how Shakespeare was woven into the social structure of colonial India and has been appropriated by Indian street theatre.
Series
Everybody’s Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
India; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); street theatre; Colonialism

Credits

Contributor
Anita Loombia; Kevin Kline; Michael Kustow; Peter Sellars

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
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