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11 King John At the heart of King John is the death of his rival Arthur: this fifteenth lecture in the… Emma Smith
12 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles has been on the margins of the Shakespearean canon: this fourteenth lecture in the… Emma Smith
13 Richard III In this thirteenth lecture in the Approaching Shakespeare series the focus is on the inevitability… Emma Smith
14 The Comedy of Errors Lecture 12 in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks how seriously we can take the farcical… Emma Smith
15 History of English Pronunciation Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence… Simon Horobin
16 Henry IV part 1 Like generations of theatre-goers, this lecture concentrates on the (large) figure of Sir John… Emma Smith
17 The Tempest That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest… Emma Smith
18 Antony and Cleopatra What kind of tragedy is this play, with its two central figures rather than a singular hero? The… Emma Smith
19 Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how… Charlotte Brewer
20 Richard II Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II:… Emma Smith
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