Learning on ScreenShakespeare and Love: Helen Hackett
- Synopsis
- Fourth of a five-part series of radio essays exploring Shakespeare’s portrayal of love and how his work affects perceptions of love. In this episode, Professor Helen Hackett reflects on the enduring power of Shakespeare’s sonnets to express the essence of love. She explains how Shakespeare refashioned this popular fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a fixed rhyme into one of his most powerful tools for capturing the spirit of love. Professor Hackett begins by examining the love sonnet spoken by Romeo and Juliet and how, like so many of his poems, it creates a moment of extreme unreality. Time stands still as the protagonists pour out their hearts in a sonnet that takes us beyond poetic convention and beyond realism to tell us the truth about love. (BBC programme information)
- Series
- Essay, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- poetry; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Love
Credits
- Producer
- Mohini Patel
- Contributor
- Helen Hackett
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
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- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
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- 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
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