Wednesday 30th November
Shakespeare: Hamlet
Again and again, Shakespeare is named the greatest writer in the English language and, for many, Hamlet is his greatest play. Written in 1600/1601, people quote lines from the play ...
Wednesday 19th October
Shakespeare: Macbeth
To Shakespeare and one of his all-time greats, a play so doomed, so bloody, so violent that actors refer to it as The Scottish Play because of a theatrical superstition ...
Tuesday 27th September
Tuesday 16th August
Shakespeare at 400
Continuing our year-long celebration of Shakespeare on the four hundredth anniversary of his death, to date, on this programme, we’ve looked at some of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, history plays. And ...
Wednesday 20th July
Shakespeare: Henry V
Today we took a look at one of Shakespeare's historical plays, Henry V with Niall MacMonagle.
Monday 27th June
Shakespeare 400: As You Like It
Call a play As You Like It and there's bound to be something in it for everyone. And Shakespeare's comedy, written in 1599/1600 contains love and disguise and banishment and reconciliation. ...
Tuesday 3rd May
Shakespeare at 400 - Othello
In January, we talked about Shakespeare’s great tragedy, King Lear...today we are focusing on another ... Othello. A play brimming with jealousy, racism and subterfuge. It also boasts one of ...
Monday 18th April
Shakespeare at 400
These days in particular, there is no escaping from politics and there is always something fascinating about those in power - Putin, Obama or those trying to get into power ...
Monday 14th March
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
People who have never read a line of Shakespeare are sure to be familiar with the phrase 'a pound of flesh'. Those famous four words are still used, especially in ...
Monday 15th February
Shakespeare 400 - Romeo and Juliet
High on any list of literature's great lovers you'll find Anthony and Cleopatra, Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, Cathy and Heathcliff but the names Romeo and Juliet are the names ...
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