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What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
Germaine Greer questions how famous the bard was as a playwright in his lifetime.
  1. 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
  2. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
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    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
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  6. Paapa Essiedu's take on 'To be or not to be...'
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    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. Baaba Maal - Lampenda
    04:03
    Baaba Maal - Lampenda
  9. Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
    01:14
    Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
  10. Susan Calman on growing up gay
    02:42
    Susan Calman on growing up gay
  11. Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
    03:17
    Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
  12. Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
    00:42
    Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
  13. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  14. Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
    00:52
    Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
  15. Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
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    Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
  16. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
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    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  17. A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
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    A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
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