Learning on ScreenFront Row [14/03/2012]
- Synopsis
- Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Ben Crystal on what Shakespeare’s plays sounded like when first performed. Crystal demonstrates with examples from Hamlet and the Sonnets how listening to Shakespeare performed this way changes our understanding of his language.
- Series
- Front Row
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 14 Mar 2012 at 19:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Ekene Akalawu
- Contributor
- Ben Crystal; Mark Lawson
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- language; pronunciation; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Linguistics; Elizabethan English
- Related items
- Royal Shakespeare Company Special: Michael Boyd Interview
Notes
- General
- See also: Shakespeare’s original pronunciation CD (separate entry), published by the British Library on 14 March 2012, price £10.00. The disc contains 28 recordings, duration 75 minutes (ISBN 978 0 978-0-7123-5119-5). The recordings are copyright of the British Library Board.
The CD is available from the British Library Shop (tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7735 / e-mail: bl-bookshop@bl.uk) and online at www.bl.uk/shop as well as other bookshops throughout the UK
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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