Free Thinking | Shakespeare’s Bookshelf
Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explore the books which inspired Shakespeare from the Bible and classical stories to his contemporaries.
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- Type: Factual
- Channel: BBC Radio 3
- Duration: 45'00''
- Broadcast date: 2016
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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