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Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
Bard expert Jonathan Bate explains why the magical world appears in Shakespeare's plays.
  1. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
    02:39
    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  2. Gillian Clarke's Running away to the Sea
    03:38
    Gillian Clarke's Running away to the Sea
  3. Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
    01:48
    Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
  4. Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
    01:35
    Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
  5. The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
    02:10
    The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
  6. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  7. Much ado about characters
    01:16
    Much ado about characters
  8. Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
    01:06
    Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
  9. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
    07:45
    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  10. Salman Rushdie on realism
    02:29
    Salman Rushdie on realism
  11. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
  12. Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
    02:01
    Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
  13. Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
    03:20
    Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
  14. Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
    02:54
    Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
  15. Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
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    Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
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