Professor Stanley Wells was co-editor of The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Warwick Honorary Graduate and Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Birmingham and honorary governor emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare

Shakespeare on Film

Apr 14th, 2008

Tony Davies, who was a professor and head of the department of English at Fort Hare University in South Africa and Jose Ramon Diaz Fernandez, a senior lecturer in English Literature at the University of Malaga discuss 'Shakespeare from Stage to

Children in Shakespeare

Apr 9th, 2008

The director of the CAPITAL centre at Warwick, Professor Carol Rutter, talks about her book entitled Shakespeare and Child's Play: Performing Lost Boys on Stage and Screen.

Writing about Shakespeare

Nov 30th, 2007

Ren Weis talks about his biography of William Shakespeare entitled Shakespeare Revealed: A biography and Elizabeth Schafer discusses her book about the influential Shakespearean director Lilian Baylis.

Manga and Shakespeare

Nov 15th, 2007

Emma Hayley talks about adapting Shakespeare to the ancient Japanese comic art form of manga, after launching the Manga Shakespeare book series.

Speaking Shakespeare

Sep 25th, 2007

The art of speaking Shakespeare is discussed by actors Ben Crystal, an expert in pronunciation of the Shakespearian period, Patrice Naiambana originally from Sierra Leone and actress Janet Dale along with writer and broadcaster Paul Allen.

Blogging the Bard

Sep 11th, 2007

Art editor of the Guardian website Andrew Dickson and Peter Kirwan, writer of the Bardathon theatre review blog, talk about how blogs have changed the art of reviewing Shakespeare productions.

Teaching Shakespeare

Jul 6th, 2007

Jacqui O'Hanlon, Deputy Director of Learning at the RSC talks about approaches to teaching Shakespeare and learning through performance. Also Jeffery Dench and Peter Cant discuss what they have learned when collaborating on a play.

Where there's a Will there's a way

Jun 26th, 2007

Dr Laurie Maguire of Magdalen College Oxford talks about her book 'Where There's a Will There's a Way' and Warwick's Peter Kirwan looks at three interpretations of Macbeth.

Richard II - Shakespeare's most dangerous play

Jun 19th, 2007

We focus on Richard II looking at a performance by the Berliner Ensemble in 2006. Speaking to two of the people involved in staging the play and then Professor Margaret Shewring talks about the play in its historical and cultural context.

From just 14 lines to the complete works.

May 29th, 2007

Comedian Lenny Henry and director Barrie Rutter talk about studying just 14 lines of Othello. Also Warwick's Peter Kirwan discusses his year seeing every production in the RSC's Complete Works Season.

Editing the Complete Works and the new Macbeth by Greg Wyatt.

May 17th, 2007

Professor Jonathan Bate talks about his work editing a new edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare and also hear about the unveiling of a statue of Macbeth by the artist Greg Wyatt in Stratford upon Avon.