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'The Witch of Edmonton’ is a Jacobean play written by Dekker, Ford and Rowley, first published in 1658. It is based on a contemporary witch pamphlet presenting common superstitions within an English rural...
Programme supporting the AA306 Shakespeare: Text and Performance course. Features interviews with leading Shakespeare critics filmed at the world Shakespeare Congress in Los Angeles (US) in 1996. Terence...
Radio broadcast of Hamlet. Michael Sheen as Hamlet, Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beavan as Ophelia. Introduced by Richard Eyre.
Radio production of the play adapted and directed by Jeremy Mortimer, starring Michael Sheen as Hamlet, Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beavan as Ophelia. Timothy Spall...
The philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that a society that was allowed to elect a legitimate government was the best option of all, because if people were ruling themselves, they would surely act in...
Some of Charles Darwin’s fame for the discovery of evolutionary theory is these days shared with fellow scientist Alfred Russel Wallace. Traces his life in South Wales and the Welsh borders, where Wallace...
Looks at the Victorial fascination with spiritualism through the story of a young medium, Florence Cook, who produced a ‘spirit’ at seances called ‘Katie King’. Physicist and chemist William Crookes,...
Examines how directors approach and stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream and some of the problems involved. Includes footage from various productions of the play including a brief extract from Peter Brook’s...
Explores the authenticity of Henry V and considers the methods of its enactment and emphasis in the first performance in 1599 to the 1944 Olivier film version. There are contributions from a film historian,...
The storm scene in King Lear is examined, discussing how the balance can be maintained between the strength of the text and conveying the range of the weather. Four theatrical groups have two days to devise,...
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