Shakespeare's Late Plays - recorded at the Globe's Playhouse
Andrew Marr celebrates the later life and works of Shakespeare with Simon Russell Beale, Jeanette Winterson, Dominic Dromgoole and Katherine Duncan-Jones.
Andrew Marr presents a special edition of Start the Week, celebrating the later life and works of William Shakespeare. Recorded at the Globe's candle-lit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the actor Simon Russell Beale and Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole discuss the late romances. The writer Jeanette Winterson explores her personal connection to The Winter's Tale, and the academic Katherine Duncan-Jones questions whether Shakespeare ever gave up on life in London to retire to Stratford-upon-Avon, and the relevance of his will that left his wife their 'second-best bed'.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Dominic Dromgoole
Dominic Dromgoole is Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe.
A season of Shakespeare’s Late Romances – Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest – is on at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson is a writer.
The Gap of Time is published by Hogarth Shakespeare.
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale is an actor.
Mr Foote’s Other Leg is on at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 23 January.
Katherine Duncan-Jones
Katherine Duncan-Jones is a Professor of Early Modern English at Somerville College, Oxford.
Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life is published by Arden Shakespeare.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Andrew Marr |
| Interviewed Guest | Simon Russell Beale |
| Interviewed Guest | Jeanette Winterson |
| Interviewed Guest | Dominic Dromgoole |
| Interviewed Guest | Katherine Duncan-Jones |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 28 Dec 201509:00BBC Radio 4 FM
- Mon 28 Dec 201521:30BBC Radio 4
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