English, Un-English
- 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
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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