Upstart Crow | Marlowe was dead, to begin with...
Robert Greene gets the Dickens of a fright from Marlowe's ghost...
Countryfile | The Forest of Arden and Shakespeare
This clip discusses how the Forest of Arden would have looked and been used during Shakespeare's time and how it inspired s...
Twelfth Night | Act 5 Scene 1 - Resolution
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, everything in resolved in the final scene of the play.
Twelfth Night | Act 4 Scene 3 - Sebastian agrees to marry Olivia
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Sebastian meets Olivia and agrees to marry ...
Twelfth Night | Act 2 Scene 1 Sebastian and Antonio
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Antonio follows Sebastian to Orsino's court, where he h...
Twelfth Night | Act 3 Scene 4 - Malvolio visits Olivia in yellow stockings
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, under the belief that Olivia is i...
Twelfth Night | Act 2 Scene 5 - Malvolio is tricked
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Sr Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria and Fabian trick Malvolio int...
Twelfth Night | Act 1 Scene 5 - Cesario/ Viola meets Olivia
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Cesario/ Viola and Olivia meet for the first time.
Twelfth Night | Act 1 Scene 4 - Cesario is sent with a love letter
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Orsino sends Cesario with a love letter f...
Twelfth Night | Act 1 Scene 2 - The shipwreck
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, a shipwreck leaves Viola separated from her brother in a forei...
Twelfth Night | Act 1 Scene 1 - Orsino declares his love for Olivia
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Orsino declares his love for Olivia.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 5 Scene 1: Prosperos soliloquy
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', Prospero's famous soliloquy.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 3 Scene 1: The log scene
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', over watched by Prospero, Ferdinand and Miranda fall in love.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 2 Scene 2: Caliban and Trinculo
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', the comedic scene when Caliban and Trinculo first meet.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 1 Scene 2: Caliban's story
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', Caliban tells his story.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 1 Scene 2: Ariels freedom
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', Ariel begs Prospero for his freedom.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Act 1 Scene 2: Prospero's story
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', Prospero's story of how he ended up on the island.
Shakespeare Uncovered | Hamlet and Laertes
An exploration of the fight between Hamlet and Laertes.
Shakespeare Uncovered | Yorick
An exploration of the scene between Hamlet and the gravediggers at Yorik's grave.
Shakespeare Uncovered | The Closet scene
An exploration of the famous closet scene in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
Trevor Nunn explores Shakespeare's strange and controversial character Caliban.
Trevor Nunn investigates the real life event that inspired Shakespeare to write 'The Tempest'.
Trevor Nunn explains how the atmosphere of a storm can be created on stage.
Joely Richardson explains the historical importance of the Globe.
Trevor Nunn investigates the central character of Prospero, in 'The Tempest'.
Joely Richardson discusses Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' and the character of Rosalind.
An exploration of the scene between Rosalind and Orlando in the Forest of Arden.
Joely Richardson explores the character of Malvolio from 'Twelth Night' and the popularity of his story.
Joely Richardson investigates the first women to perform Shakespeare on stage.
Joely Richardson investigates Shakespeare's extraordinary heroines in 'Twelfth Night'.
King Lear asks his daughter's to express their love for him.
A discussion of the history of cross dressing in Shakespeare's plays.
The actress Vanessa Redgrave discusses her love for performing in Shakespeare's plays.
A discussion of Shakespeare's early life.
Sheila Hancock explores Shakespearean language.
Edmund's anger over his treatment for being illegitimate.
A discussion of the use of disguise in Shakespeare's comedies.
Trevor Nunn addresses how 'The Tempest' has been understood through theories of race and colonialism.
David Tennent discusses how he performed the scene when Hamlet nearly murders Claudius.
David Tennent explains what a soliloquy is and how they function in 'Hamlet'.
David Tennent talks to different actors about how they performed the role of Hamlet.
David Tennant discusses the meeting between Hamlet and the ghost of his father.
David Tennent discusses how the ghost of Hamlet's father would have been received by an Elizabethan audience.
Trevor Nunn explores Prospero's famous speech.
David Tennant explains the complicated plot of 'Hamlet'.
The island in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' becomes the perfect place for imagining perfect societies.
Trevor Nunn investigates the tension between 'good' and 'bad' magic in 'The Tempest'.
An exploration of the character of Ariel from 'The Tempest'.
In an adaption of 'Much Ado About Nothing' set in 1918, Hero, Ursula and Margaret trick Beatri...
In an adaption of 'Much Ado About Nothing' set in 1918, on their wedding day, C...
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, Othello kills himself.
In an adaption of 'Much Ado About Nothing' set in 1918, soldiers return from war ...
In an adaption of 'Much Ado About Nothing' set in 1918, Benedick overhears Don Pedro, Claudio ...
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, Iago's 'put money in thy p...
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, Emilia and Desdemona discuss Othello.
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, Othello murders Desdemona.
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, the famous 'green-eyed mon...
From Iqbal Khan's ground breaking 2015 production, Iago's third soliloquy.
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', the opening scene.
A study of the first encounter of Miranda and Ferdinand.
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', the theatre troupe's production o...
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', the theatre troupe bick...
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', Titania wakes up with the love po...
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', bewitched by Oberon's lov...
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon and Titania's argument.
From Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon uses a love potion to Titani...
Ben Crystal demonstrates how Shakespeare would have spoken.
Othello was the first black character Malorie Blackman ever read about; she describes his effect on her.
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