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Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea on Seven Decades of Shakespeare
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Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea on Seven Decades of Shakespeare

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Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea talk about Dench’s experiences playing Ophelia, Gertrude, Lady Macbeth and Titania. Plus, parrots, Polonius, dirty words, hijinks with Sir Ian McKellen, and more.

Eddie Izzard on Performing Hamlet Solo
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Eddie Izzard on Performing Hamlet Solo

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Legendary comedian and actor Eddie Izzard tells us about her one-actor performance of Hamlet.

Shakespeare and Disgust, with Bradley J. Irish
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Shakespeare and Disgust, with Bradley J. Irish

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Bradley J. Irish explains why disgust is one of the key thematic emotions in Shakespeare’s works.

Isabella Hammad on Enter Ghost
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Isabella Hammad on Enter Ghost

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A Palestinian production of Hamlet in the West Bank is the backdrop for Isabella Hammad’s new novel, Enter Ghost.

Adrian Lester on Playing Rosalind, Henry V, Othello, and Hamlet
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Adrian Lester on Playing Rosalind, Henry V, Othello, and Hamlet

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Actor Adrian Lester walks us through big moments in his illustrious career, including Cheek by Jowl’s all-male “As You Like It” and Peter Brook’s “Hamlet.”

James Ijames on Fat Ham
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James Ijames on Fat Ham

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright tells us about his hilarious adaptation of Hamlet.

Ian McKellen on Playing Hamlet
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Ian McKellen on Playing Hamlet

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Sir Ian McKellen played Hamlet in his thirties, and again in his eighties. He gives us his take on the Melancholy Dane.

How Shakespeare Thought About the Mind, with Helen Hackett
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How Shakespeare Thought About the Mind, with Helen Hackett

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The Elizabethan period marked an unusually rich moment for theories of consciousness and for the representation of thought in literature, says scholar Helen Hackett.

Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn on Their Hamlet Opera
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Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn on Their Hamlet Opera

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 191 A new opera version of Hamlet is onstage at New York’s Metropolitan Opera through June 9. Composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn talk with host Barbara Bogaev about adapting the texts of the earliest editions…

Pamela Hutchinson on Asta Nielsen's Hamlet
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Pamela Hutchinson on Asta Nielsen's Hamlet

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 188 In 1921, Asta Nielsen, one of the world’s biggest movie stars, had just formed her own production company, and decided to open it up by playing Hamlet. Plenty of women had done that on the stage…

Meme García on house of sueños
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Meme García on house of sueños

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 162 For generations, artists have been shaping and changing Shakespeare to fit their times. The best adaptations add specific textures of place and culture, or a fluidity of language that can take centuries-old work and make it…

Lisa Klein on Ophelia
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Lisa Klein on Ophelia

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 124 Have you ever wanted to know more about Ophelia? What does she think about the events at Elsinore? What is her relationship to Hamlet? Whose account of her death should we believe? Shakespeare’s Hamlet leaves lots…

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