Staging Shakespeare
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Acting Masterclass: "Lend me your ears"
07 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A second Masterclass on how Shakespeare spins rhetoric for the actor, with Sam Leith, journalist and writer, and author of 'You Talkin' to Me'. Stude...
Acting Masterclass: 'Pyramus, you begin'
07 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A practical Masterclass with Greg Doran from the Royal Shakespeare Company looking at what clues Shakespeare puts into the verse for the actor. Studen...
The language of Shakespeare
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Actors and the director talk about how they have approached and worked with their student production of the Shakespeare play - Two Gentlemen of Verona...
Understanding Shakespeare
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The actor Nick Lyons talks about the challenge of the language barrier and how he dealt with it for his role in the student production of the Shakespe...
Two Gentlemen of Verona: The view from the Director
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The director talks about how she adapted the script and directed the student Shakespeare production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. She describes what mak...
The Tempest: For you am I this patient log-man
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The director and actors talk about the log-scene in The Tempest and how they interpret and perform it. Includes scenes from rehearsals and performanc...
The Tempest: Our revels now are ended
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The famous Shakespeare scene from The Tempest, performed by actors from an Oxford student drama society.
The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Conveying Shakespeare's meaning
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The actor Dylan Townley talks about the language of Shakespeare. He describes how understanding and using the meter can help an actor or reader to bri...
The Tempest: Prospero
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Dylan Townley talks with director Archie Cornish about the character Prospero. They describe how they have chosen to portray him in this Oxford ...
The Tempest: Direction and interpretation
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Director Archie Cornish and actor Dylan Townley - Prospero - talk about adapting, directing and performing a student Shakespeare production of The Tem...
Teaching Shakespeare in Schools
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A teacher talks about how she teaches Shakespeare in school, using video clips and references from contemporary culture to get the students to underst...
The Tempest - Our revels now are ended: Bringing a scene to Life
22 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The director Archie Cornish, and actor Dylan Townley, introduce the Revel speech in The Tempest. They also discuss the context in which it appears.
Shakespeare and the Stage
22 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Tiffany Stern gives a short talk on William Shakespeare and how his plays were performed in Elizabethan England.