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  1. Shakespeare: The King’s Man (2012 Video)

    Director
    Steven Clarke
    Producer
    Steven Clarke

    American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth’s successor, King James I. One of the new king’s first official acts was to name Shakespeare a...

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  2. Shakespeare and the Law (2011 Video)

    Video podcast presenting an analysis of political and legal developments in late Elizabethan England and their representation in Shakespeare’s plays, focusing on contemporary debates concerning the powers...

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  3. The King’s Speech (2010 Film)

    Director
    Tom Hooper
    Producer
    Iain Canning; Emile Sherman; Gareth Unwin

    Feature film. The story of how speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush) worked with Albert, Duke of York, later George VI (Firth) to modify his stammer and give him confidence in public speaking. The film...

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  4. Twenty Minutes: The Adverb [27/08/2007] (2007 Radio)

    Series
    Twenty Minutes
    Producer
    Aasiya Lodhi

    Radio programme. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ literary interval programme Ian McMillan is joined by the historian Tristram Hunt who discusses Shakespeare’s vision of kingship and chooses his...

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  5. Twenty Minutes: The Adverb [30/08/2007] (2007 Radio)

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    Series
    Twenty Minutes
    Producer
    Aasiya Lodhi

    Radio programme. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ literary interval programme Ian McMillan is joined by children’s writer Jamila Garvin who presents her favourite writing on the subject of ‘Other...

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  6. Night Waves [11/07/2006] (2006 Radio)

    Series
    Night Waves
    Producer
    Philippa Ritchie

    BBC Radio 3 arts series. Philip Dodd talks to John Barton and Professor Michael Dobson about the staging of Shakespeare’s history plays throughout history. The impetus to the debate is the production of...

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  7. Death of a Dynasty (2004 Television)

    Series
    Monarchy
    Director
    Nancy Swingler
    Producer
    David Wilson (2)

    Series on the British monarchy written and presented by David Starkey. This episode looks at kings from Richard II to Henry VI that were the subject of Shakespeare’s plays. Starkey examines their reigns...

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  8. King’s a Beggar - Now the Play is Done, The (2000 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare Lectures
    Producer
    Tanya Hudson

    BBC radio series. Six commissioned lectures on Shakespeare and his meaning in the modern world. In episode 1 Professor Germaine Greer argues that Shakespeare’s neglected play King John is one of the most...

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  9. Newsnight [22/04/1991] (1991 Television)

    Series
    Newsnight

    The NEWSNIGHT episode includes a lighthearted report by Mark Easton comparing Prince Charles (whose favourite Shakespeare play is Henry V) to a Shakespearean prince. The programme also comprises interviews...

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  10. C. L. R. James Lectures: Shakespeare (1983 Video)

    Director
    Christian Wangler

    The West Indian historian C L R James talks about King Lear and why Shakespeare, ‘the most political writer that Britain has ever seen in regard to the creative arts’, was ‘no racist’. He quotes...

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