Learning on ScreenThis Orient Isle. Episode 5
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. Professor Jerry Brotton examines Queen Elizabeth I’s fascination with the Orient and Britain’s first contacts with the Muslim world. Read by Derek Jacobi. 5: How the London stage reflected the Elizabethan fascination with the little-known world of Islam, particularly in works by Shakespeare and Marlowe.
- Series
- Book of the Week
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Elizabethan drama; Islam; Marlowe, Christopher; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan stage; Muslims
Credits
- Producer
- David Roper
- Writer
- Jerry Brotton
- Contributor
- Derek Jacobi
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
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- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
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- Name
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- Web
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- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
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