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'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
Why international actors shouldn't put on an English accent when in the bard's plays.
  1. 'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
    01:39
    'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
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    The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
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    Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
  4. Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
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    Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
  5. Maxine Peake discusses her Shakespeare acting past
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    Maxine Peake discusses her Shakespeare acting past
  6. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
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    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  7. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
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    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  8. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
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    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  9. Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
    06:01
    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
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    Susan Calman on growing up gay
  11. Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
    03:40
    Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
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    Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield: 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
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