Shakespeare As Inspiration

Synopsis

Matthew Sweet is joined live by Professor Preti Taneja, author of a novel We That Are Young, which sets the King Lear in Delhi; Dr Iain Smith, who studies films from around the world; and by Andrew Dickson, journalist and author of Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare’s Globe. As part of Radio 3’s day of music inspired by Shakespeare, Free Thinking looks at paintings by the Pre-Raphaelites, at films from Bollywood and Japan, and at the way Shakespeare’s plays resonate in political hot spots and conflict zones across the world from South Africa to Ukraine.

Series

Free Thinking

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

8 Nov 2023 at 22:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)

Duration

44 mins

Credits

Producer

Ruth Watts

Cast

Matthew Sweet

Host

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

Adaptation

Online Availability

Online URL

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnpt

Online format

Streamed/Download

Sponsor

Name

BBC Radio 3

Archive

Name

BoB

Email

bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk

Web

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window

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