The Long View of Theatre Closures

Synopsis

Jonathan Freedland and Professor Emma Smith discuss the closure of theatres in Shakespeare’s time during an outbreak of the plague in 1603.

Series

The Long View

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Subjects

Shakespeare

Keywords

plague; theatre; Elizabethan stage

Online availability

URI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kwfq

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Producer

Tom Alban

Contributor

Emma Smith; Jonathan Freedland

Production Company

Name

BBC Radio 4

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window

Archive

Name

BoB

Email

bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk

Web

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window

Phone

020 3743 2345

Address

Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH

Notes

Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council