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Skeleton of Richard III. Photo (c) University of Leicester
Date
02 November 2016 - 09:24

How close was Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard III?

Dr Turi King combined archaeology, history, and genetics to find the remains of Richard III, who died 500 years ago. In this interview, she compares the literary figure with the real man.

Tags
Shakespeare, Science, Arts, Theatre, Literature
'These are not trivial, one-note bad guys.' Image (c) c. paras, licenced under CC-BY 2.0, and adapted from the original.
Date
26 October 2016 - 08:59

Why we can't get enough of Shakespeare's villains

Why do audiences adore Shakespeare's 'baddies', despite their dastardly deeds? We asked Shakespeare expert Alexey Bartoshevich.

Tags
Shakespeare, Education, Literature, Arts
Photo of microphone
Date
10 October 2016 - 08:42

How to overcome your fear of public speaking

Why are many people afraid of public speaking, and what can be done about it? Ros and Neil Johnson, speech and drama specialists at Theatresaurus, explain.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts
Date
18 August 2016 - 01:43

How to improve your voice for presentations

Ros and Neil Johnson, speech and drama specialists at Theatresaursus, explain the benefits for presentations of improving the voice, and offer some techniques.

Tags
Arts, Education, Shakespeare
Photo of English channel (c) NASA, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
08 July 2016 - 15:37

What did Europe mean to Shakespeare?

Professor Michael Dobson argues that Shakespeare was a champion of free movement, and averse to insular nationalism.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
'They have that spark and emotional resonance that you need to be an actor.' Photo (c) Tanvir Murad Topu
Date
03 May 2016 - 13:57

Jenny Sealey: 'You must be better than non-disabled actors'

Jenny Sealey, who directed a group of Bangladeshi deaf and disabled actors to perform Romeo and Juliet, tells us whether it is harder for deaf and disabled actors to make it.

Tags
Theatre, Arts, Shakespeare, Equal opportunities and diversity
'I am not only designing what the audience can see on stage, but also the empty space that they can’t see'. Photo (c) Olya Dmytriv
Date
27 April 2016 - 16:17

Minglu Wang explains how to design a theatre stage set

We spoke to Minglu Wang, who designed the stage set for the first Ukrainian adaptation of Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale.

Tags
Shakespeare, Theatre, Arts
Hamlet (dir. Hay Plumb, UK, 1913) (C) British Film institute (BFI). Find out about our Shakespeare on Film on Tour programme with BFI
Date
29 January 2016 - 07:47

Ideas for using Shakespeare on film to practise listening

Dr Christina Lima of the University of Leicester suggests five ways of using films of Shakespeare's plays to practise English language listening.

Tags
Shakespeare, English language, Teaching, Education
'The younger the learner, the more fearless they tend to be when working with Shakespeare.'
Date
18 January 2016 - 11:51

Why not to fear teaching Shakespeare to young learners

Rae Seymour, who develops education resources at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), encourages primary school teachers to use Shakespeare and theatre when teaching young learners.

Tags
Education, Schools, Shakespeare, Theatre, Arts
'Poetry is, in some essential way, an acoustic form – it's a breath form.'
Date
21 December 2015 - 16:56

Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)

Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.

Tags
Arts, Literature, Shakespeare
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