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The Comedy of Errors |
Lecture 12 in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks how seriously we can take the farcical… |
Emma Smith |
| 32 |
History of English Pronunciation |
Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence… |
Simon Horobin |
| 33 |
Henry IV part 1 |
Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John… |
Emma Smith |
| 34 |
The Tempest |
That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest… |
Emma Smith |
| 35 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
What kind of tragedy is this play, with its two central figures rather than a singular hero? The… |
Emma Smith |
| 36 |
Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) |
Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how… |
Charlotte Brewer |
| 37 |
English and Gender |
Professor Deborah Cameron explores some of the key theories surrounding the use of language by… |
Deborah Cameron |
| 38 |
Twelfth Night |
The seventh Approaching Shakespeare lecture takes a minor character in Twelfth Night - Antonio -… |
Emma Smith |
| 39 |
Titus Andronicus |
Focusing in detail on one particular scene, and on critical responses to it, this sixth Approaching… |
Emma Smith |
| 40 |
The Winter's Tale |
How we can make sense of a play that veers from tragedy to comedy and stretches credulity in its… |
Emma Smith |
