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Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
The actors reflect on how they felt playing one of Shakespeare's most famous characters.
  1. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  3. Being Lear
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    Being Lear
  4. Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
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    Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
  5. Much ado about characters
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    Much ado about characters
  6. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  7. Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit
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    Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit
  8. Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
    01:06
    Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
  9. Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
    01:11
    Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
  10. Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
    00:26
    Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
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    A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
  12. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  13. Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
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