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Much ado about characters
Can you guess Simon Schama's favourite Shakespearean role?
  1. Much ado about characters
    01:16
    Much ado about characters
  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. Susan Calman on growing up gay
    02:42
    Susan Calman on growing up gay
  9. Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
    00:42
    Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
  10. Baaba Maal - Traveller
    05:37
    Baaba Maal - Traveller
  11. O for a muse of fire
    02:37
    O for a muse of fire
  12. Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
    01:20
    Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
  13. 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’
  14. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
    02:39
    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  15. Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
    03:34
    Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
  16. Caitlin Moran: 'Social media is like being in the pub on a Friday night'
    05:21
    Caitlin Moran: 'Social media is like being in the pub on a Friday night'
  17. Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
    01:24
    Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
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