William Shakespeare
Arts & Ideas. Free Thinking Essay: When Shakespeare Travelled With Me. Audio, 20 minutes
Islam Issa on arguments about Shakespeare in 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop in the 21st century
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The Essay. New Generation Thinkers at 10, When Shakespeare Travelled with Me. Audio, 14 minutes
New Generation Thinker Islam Issa looks at Shakespeare in 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
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All Is True. Video, 95 minutes
Semi-fictionalised account of the last chapter of William Shakespeare's life.
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In Our Time. Hamlet. Audio, 53 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
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The Essay. Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life, Acting, Kissing, Fighting and Getting Paid. Audio, 14 minutes
Michael Goldfarb on becoming an actor, which involved fighting and kissing lots of girls.
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Sound of Cinema. Sourced from the Bard. Audio, 36 minutes
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by Shakespearean themes.
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Drama on 3. Richard II. Audio, 134 minutes
When Shakespeare's Richard II banishes Bolingbroke he brings about his own downfall.
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A Point of View. Shylock's Mock Appeal. Audio, 10 minutes
Howard Jacobson applauds the granting of an appeal by Shylock in a mock trial in Venice.
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The Essay. The Art of Storytelling, The Art of Storytelling: Emma Smith. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Emma Smith considers William Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller.
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England: Made in the Middle. 5. Shakespeare's Midlands. Audio, 15 minutes
Helen Castor on why the action in Shakespeare’s history plays takes place in the Midlands.
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The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare in the World - South Africa. Audio, 23 minutes
The role of Shakespeare in the politics of South Africa and why he still matters today
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Cunk on Shakespeare. Video, 28 minutes
Philomena Cunk leaves no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard.
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Drama on 3. King Lear. Audio, 150 minutes
When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'?
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The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare in the World - India. Audio, 23 minutes
From the Bollywood screen to village storytellers - how has India adopted Shakespeare?
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Drama on 3. The Winter's Tale. Audio, 150 minutes
Eve Best and Danny Sapani star in Shakespeare's late play The Winter's Tale.
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Sunday Feature. Still Will. Audio, 45 minutes
Laura Barton explores the silences and intimacies of Shakespeare's plays.
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The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare Beyond London. Audio, 15 minutes
Siobhan Keenan on the importance of touring to Shakespeare and the actors in his plays.
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The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare and the American Dream - Part Two. Audio, 23 minutes
How Shakespeare became part of the fabric of early American life. With Stephen Sondheim.
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The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Freedom of Speech or 'Nothing' - King Lear and Contemporary India. Audio, 15 minutes
Preti Taneja considers Shakespeare's King Lear as a lens through which to view India today
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The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Wolf All? - Shakespeare and Food in Renaissance England. Audio, 15 minutes
Joan Fitzpatrick explains her new research on what people ate in Shakepeare's England.
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The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Undiscovered Countries - Shakespeare and the Nation. Audio, 15 minutes
James Loxley explores what Shakespeare's plays say about questions of national identity.
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Sunday Feature: First Folio Road Trip. Audio, 44 minutes
Emma Smith traces how Shakespeare's First Folio helped make our national poet
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The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare and the Suffragettes. Audio, 15 minutes
How Shakespeare's heroines helped transform Victorian schoolgirls into Edwardian activists
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Sunday Feature. First Folio Road Trip. Audio, 45 minutes
How Shakespeare's First Folio helped make a national poet and an international star.
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