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Shakespeare and Love: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Synopsis
Last of a five-part series of radio essays exploring Shakespeare’s portrayal of love and how his work affects perceptions of love. In this episode writer and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown recalls how her own heart was captured by Shakespeare as a child growing up in Uganda, East Africa, where his plays were performed at her school on a regular basis. Though Shakespeare may never have left England, he had a global outlook on love. Racial pride and prejudice had a strong presence in many of his plays. From Titus Andronicus and the Merchant of Venice to Othello, the plays are full of rebellious lovers; mixed race couplings whose complex lives are portrayed with such moral clarity and moral ambivalence that they resonate today.
Series
Essay, The
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
27 Apr 2012 at 22:45 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
15 mins

Credits

Producer
Mohini Patel
Contributor
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Merchant of Venice, The; Othello; Titus Andronicus
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
race relations; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Love

Notes

History
Part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on BBC and broadcast as part of BBC radio 3’s Shakespeare and Love season.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BoB

Email
bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
020 3743 2345
Address
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH
Notes
Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
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

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