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To be or not to be times two
Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester discuss perhaps Shakespeare's most famous soliloquy
  1. To be or not to be times two
    02:10
    To be or not to be times two
  2. Rapping The Merchant of Venice
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    Rapping The Merchant of Venice
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  3. Composer Scanner on the music of 'Tomorrow', a new Macbeth-inspired work from Rambert
    02:38
    Composer Scanner on the music of 'Tomorrow', a new Macbeth-inspired work from Rambert

    'Tomorrow' in rehearsal

  4. Eva plays Juliet
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    Eva plays Juliet
  5. Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    02:43
    Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  6. R&B Macbeth
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    R&B Macbeth
  7. Henry VI
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    Henry VI
  8. Early appearances: Phil Daniels as Puck - A Midsummer Night's Dream (BBC, 1981)
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    Early appearances: Phil Daniels as Puck - A Midsummer Night's Dream (BBC, 1981)
  9. King Lear: Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
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    King Lear: Cordelia and Lear imprisoned
  10. New Shakespeare Songbook: Norway
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    New Shakespeare Songbook: Norway
  11. Radio 3's The Arts This Week with Jonathan Miller (1970)
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    Radio 3's The Arts This Week with Jonathan Miller (1970)
  12. The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
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    The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
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  • Go, Make You Ready
  • Hamlet Returns - Shakespeare's Globe
  • Hay Festival
  • King Lear
  • New Shakespeare Songbook
  • Richard II
  • Richard III - Ian McKellen at the BFI
  • Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere
  • Shakespeare Sex-List Song by Michael Nyman
  • Silent Shakespeare - from Shakespeare Day Live
  • Sound of Cinema - King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon
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  • The Late Plays - Shakespeare's Globe
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