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Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
The novelist discusses how the Bard mixes dramas and genres to create a story
  1. Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
    00:51
    Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
  2. The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  3. Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
    01:14
    Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
  4. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  5. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
    03:41
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  6. Sam Mendes on the James Bond franchise
    01:22
    Sam Mendes on the James Bond franchise
  7. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
  8. Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
    03:34
    Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
  9. 'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
    01:26
    'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
  10. Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
    01:17
    Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
  11. Marlon James: Full session
    50:23
    Marlon James: Full session
  12. Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit
    01:39
    Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit
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