Learning on ScreenSoldiers Seek an Elusive Escape in Shakespeare
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast offering news, interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features. Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, is home to a multinational taskforce that conducts humanitarian and counter-terrorism operations across the Horn of Africa. For seven months last year, commentator Marine Major Adam McKeown was stationed there. A reservist, McKeown is an English professor at Adelphi University when he is not serving. While in Djibouti, in addition to his regular duties, McKeown offered a fully accredited Shakespeare class to more than 24 of his fellow service members. McKeown cites some of the comments of his students when discussing Henry V and the King’s rallying of his troops before Agincourt, and reminds his students that when kings start wars, ordinary people fight them.
- Series
- All Things Considered
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 4 Apr 2006 at 17:00 (Channel: NPR)
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Adam McKeown
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Henry V
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); war
Notes
- Notes
- The item (4 minutes) may be downloaded from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5323614 (accessed 7/2008).
Online Availability
Production Company
- Name
NPR
- Web
- https://www.npr.org/ External site opens in new window
- Notes
- National Public Radio, based in Washington, USA.
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