Shakespeare’s Rhetoric

Synopsis

Radio programme in which Professor G. Wilson Knight reads a number of long speeches from Shakespeare’s plays and comments on their construction and development of verse movement. The plays are: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Henry V, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry VIII and The Tempest.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

rhetoric; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Producer

G. M. MacBeth

Contributor

G. Wilson Knight

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

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