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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. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
    04:00
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
  3. Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
    02:37
    Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
  4. Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
    00:39
    Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
  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. Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
    01:06
    Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
  7. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
    01:22
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
  8. Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
    03:11
    Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
  9. Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
    01:24
    Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
  10. The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
    02:10
    The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
  11. Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
    03:30
    Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
  12. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
  13. Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
    01:06
    Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
  14. Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
    03:20
    Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
  15. Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
    00:52
    Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
  16. Salman Rushdie on realism
    02:29
    Salman Rushdie on realism
  17. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
    05:41
    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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