Approaching Shakespeare

Oxford University

Each lecture in this series focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it. Rather than providing overarching readings or interpretations, the series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact...Read More

Each lecture in this series focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range o...Read More

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The Two Gentlemen of Vero...

15 Dec 2017 | 44 mins 47 secs

The Two Gentlemen of...

15 Dec 2017 | 44 mins 47 secs

Henry VI, Part 2

09 Nov 2017 | 47 mins 48 secs

Henry VI, Part 2

09 Nov 2017 | 47 mins 48 secs

The Merry Wives of Windso...

25 Oct 2017 | 48 mins 29 secs

The Merry Wives of W...

25 Oct 2017 | 48 mins 29 secs

All's Well That Ends Well

25 Oct 2017 | 48 mins 19 secs

All's Well That Ends...

25 Oct 2017 | 48 mins 19 secs

Cymbeline

25 Oct 2017 | 50 mins 28 secs

Cymbeline

25 Oct 2017 | 50 mins 28 secs

Timon of Athens

23 Jun 2015 | 54 mins 49 secs

Timon of Athens

23 Jun 2015 | 54 mins 49 secs

Love's Labour's Lost

27 May 2015 | 48 mins 06 secs

Love's Labour's Lost

27 May 2015 | 48 mins 06 secs

Julius Caesar

18 May 2015 | 49 mins 34 secs

Julius Caesar

18 May 2015 | 49 mins 34 secs

Romeo and Juliet

05 May 2015 | 44 mins 15 secs

Romeo and Juliet

05 May 2015 | 44 mins 15 secs

Coriolanus

05 May 2015 | 52 mins 32 secs

Coriolanus

05 May 2015 | 52 mins 32 secs

The Merchant of Venice

20 Nov 2012 | 43 mins 34 secs

The Merchant of Veni...

20 Nov 2012 | 43 mins 34 secs

Taming of the Shrew

09 Nov 2012 | 43 mins 57 secs

Taming of the Shrew

09 Nov 2012 | 43 mins 57 secs

A Midsummer Night's Dream

05 Nov 2012 | 40 mins 37 secs

A Midsummer Night's ...

05 Nov 2012 | 40 mins 37 secs

Much Ado About Nothing

30 Oct 2012 | 41 mins 58 secs

Much Ado About Nothi...

30 Oct 2012 | 41 mins 58 secs

Hamlet

23 Oct 2012 | 46 mins 08 secs

Hamlet

23 Oct 2012 | 46 mins 08 secs

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