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Sam West narrates Garrick's Ode
Actor Sam West teams up with Ex Cathedra and City Musick
  1. Sam West narrates Garrick's Ode
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    Sam West narrates Garrick's Ode
  2. New Dreams exhibitions
    04:30
    New Dreams exhibitions
    View More From Dream On! - University of Glasgow
  3. Three Love Songs - extract
    03:07
    Three Love Songs - extract
    View More From Dream On! - University of Glasgow
  4. Map-Makers of the Collective Unconscious - extract
    01:46
    Map-Makers of the Collective Unconscious - extract
    View More From Dream On! - University of Glasgow
  5. Drag Up - extract
    01:32
    Drag Up - extract
    View More From Dream On! - University of Glasgow
  6. Early appearances: Christopher Plummer and Michael Caine - Hamlet at Elsinore
    04:45
    Early appearances: Christopher Plummer and Michael Caine - Hamlet at Elsinore
  7. Cheek by Jowl's Measure for Measure - Death Dance
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    Cheek by Jowl's Measure for Measure - Death Dance
  8. 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!)
  9. Early TV appearances: Penelope Wilton and Brenda Blethyn - King Lear (BBC, 1982)
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    Early TV appearances: Penelope Wilton and Brenda Blethyn - King Lear (BBC, 1982)
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    Henry VI
  11. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VIII
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VIII
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Timon of Athens
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    Henry VI
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    Lindsey Chapman visits Shakespeare's birthplace
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  • Hamlet Returns - Shakespeare's Globe
  • Hay Festival
  • King Lear
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  • Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere
  • Shakespeare Round the World
  • Shakespeare Sex-List Song by Michael Nyman
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  • Sound of Cinema - King Edward VI School, Stratford upon Avon
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  • The BFI presents Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
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  • The Late Plays - Shakespeare's Globe
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