The Essay | Reading the First Folio; Sir David Hare on Macbeth
Playwright, screenwriter and director David Hare tells us why he is moved by Macbeth's imagining of old age - 'honour, love, obedience' - from Act 5, Scene 3 of the play.
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The Verb | Shakespeare and the Future
Ian McMillan celebrates what Shakespeare can tell future generations - about animals, sound, performance and language. With actor Paterson Joseph, grime poet and writer Debris Stevenson, Verb regular Kate Fox and Prof Todd Borlick from the University of Huddersfield.
Free Thinking | Shakespeare's Women
As the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust embarks on a year of events marking the 'women who made Shakespeare', Anne McElvoy hears about new research into Ellen Terry and Marie Corelli.