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I.am. Will Shakespeare (Television)

Subject

Drama; Education

Schools programme for Key Stage 2. NEWSROUND’s Ricky Boleto and Leah Gooding find out about Shakespeare’s early life in Stratford-upon-Avon, visit Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and see how his...

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Elizabethan Childhood (Television)

Director

Jaqui McAlpine

Producer

Jaqui McAlpine

Subject

History

Pre-school history series. Grandad Harvey takes Asher on a journey of discovery to find out what life was like for a child during Elizabethan times. Dressing up in magnificent Elizabethan costumes, they...

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"Not Single Spies,? But in Battalions: Codes and Ciphers from the Reniassance to Today (Audio)

aka: Codes and Ciphers from the Renaissance to Today

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. A comment occuring late in this podcast : "Without Bacon and Shakespeare, we might not have won the war in the Pacific," states Bill Sherman, head of research at...

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Elizabethan Street Fighting (Audio)

Producer

Richard Paul

Subject

Drama

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. From the duels in Romeo and Juliet to a brutal mob in Julius Caesar, street fighting transforms several of Shakespeare’s plays. How much, though, does it...

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"There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth, Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy." (Audio)

aka: Shakespeare and Religion

Producer

Richard Paul

Subject

Drama; Religious studies

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The period when Shakespeare was writing was one torn by disagreements over the proper method of observing Christianity in England. Protestantism was at war with...

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Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I? (Audio)

Subject

Drama

A ten-part podcast series, presented by Jennifer Reid, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, exploring some of the most frequently asked questions about Shakespeare’s life. This episode invites Professor...

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"I Know My Physic Will Work with Him" (Audio)

aka: Elizabethan Medicine

Producer

Richard Paul

Subject

Drama; Medical sciences

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. If you were ill in Shakespeare’s time you might be told to drink liquid gold or syrup of violets. You might undergo a violent purgation to take the bad...

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"Why, Here’s a Girl!" (Audio)

aka: Shakespeare and Girlhood

Producer

Richard Paul

Subject

Drama; Women’s studies

Podcast from the Folger Institute Library. How does Shakespeare portray girls and girlhood in his plays, and what do those portrayals tell us about life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England? Deanne Williams...

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Shakespeare and the Law (Video)

Subject

Drama; Law; Politics & government

Video podcast presenting an analysis of political and legal developments in late Elizabethan England and their representation in Shakespeare’s plays, focusing on contemporary debates concerning the powers...

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Everyday Death in Shakespeare’s England (Video)

Subject

Drama; History; Social Studies

Video podcast. This podcast by Steven Gunn talks about accidental deaths and the hazards of everyday life in Shakespeare’s day. Coroners’ inquest reports into accidental deaths tell us about the hazards...

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