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The City of London during the 2008 financial crisis provide the setting for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ with Hayley Atwell and featuring Andrew Scott in the role of Shylock.
An operatic adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" by the Charles Gounod. The opera tells the story of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy over five acts and was first performed in 1859. Placido Domingo conducts the...
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the importance of names drawing from examples ranging from the book of Genesis to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The famous balcony scene is placed under the...
The soprano, Eva-Maria Westbroek stars as Katerina Ismailova in Shostakovich’s 20th Century masterpiece. Bored with her life and marriage, Katerina falls for Sergey; a worker in her husband’s factory....
Radio broadcast. Russell Davies hosts a special Shakespeare-themed edition of the ‘Brain of Britain’ quiz to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The guests contestants are...
Radio broadcast. Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music for films that take inspiration from the works of Shakespeare. Includes music from the scores of Start Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,Ran,...
Professor Emma Smith looks at how Shakespeare shapes his plots.
Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Zephaniah recalls playing Puck for Sam Wanamaker while Williams discusses Macbeth.
Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Fry analyses Falstaff while Mantel discusses Julius Caesar.
Jools Holland and Kwame Kwei-Armah share their favourite Shakespearean moments. Holland talks about seeing Olivier’s film of Henry V and his love of Falstaff while Kwei-Armah discusses Othello.
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