The Essay | The Beeb and the Bard: Shakespeare in war and peace
Actor Samuel West is joined by Dr Andrea Smith to chronicle almost 100 years of Shakespeare on the radio. Today, it's the Bard in wartime, when listeners wanted comedy not tragedy!
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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.