The Shakespeare Sessions
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Coriolanus: A tragic hero
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A whistle-stop tour through Ancient Rome with writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes.
Exit Burbage
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine where we'd be without Shakespeare's plays. It's difficult to contemplate now. But it was thanks to another man that many of them were brought ...
My Own Shakespeare: Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth Malone and Margaret Drabble on strength and nature
My Own Shakespeare: Zoe Wanamaker and Jim Al-Khalili
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Wanamaker on the world of play and Jim Al-Khalili on staying rational.
Looking For The Moor
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Quarshie on Othello’s blackness. Is the character coherent? Is the play racist?Hugh Quarshie is a Ghanaian-born British actor. He is a member o...
My Own Shakespeare: David Hare and Martha Kearney
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Hare and Martha Kearney on deviant psychology and fancy dress
My Own Shakespeare: Jools Holland and Kwame Kwei-Armah
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jools Holland on Falstaff & Kwame Kwei-Armah on falling in love with someone’s story
First Folio Road Trip
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From London to Kent, Oxford, the Scottish borders, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire and across the channel to France, Emma Smith takes a road trip to learn mo...
My Own Shakespeare: Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Fry and Hilary Mantel bring us the Shakespearean speeches closest to their hearts
The Art of Storytelling
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Emma Smith takes a closer look at Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller and how his plots, where the outcome is often signposted from the beginn...
My Own Shakespeare: Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Zephaniah and Rowan Williams share their favourite Shakespearean moments