Learning on ScreenShakespeare and Life in Death
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. Second in a group of three talks in which H. V. D. Dyson, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, considers Shakespeare’s treatment of death. In this episode Dyson argues via All’s Well That Ends Well and the late plays that Shakespeare’s idea of death moves from being negative, as deprivation to ‘an object of contemplation bound up with life and its understanding’.
- Series
- This Mortal Coil
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Recording date
- 24 Mar 1964
- Transmission details
- 6 Apr 1964 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Availability
- Unknown
Credits
- Producer
- T. S. Gregory
- Writer
- H. V. D. Dyson
- Contributor
- H. V. D. Dyson
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- All’s Well That Ends Well; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Tempest, The; Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- death; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Part 2 of 3 weekly talks.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- Source: Radio Times, The Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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