Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Shylock - villain, victim or both?
Shylock remains one of the most problematic of all Shakespeare's hundreds of characters.It's not just that the Jewish stereotype he represents is offensive. People remain divided over whether Shylock… Audio
Shakespeare inspired webseries, made for and by young people
The Candle Wasters are four young women (all aged between 19 and 22) who are making their mark in the cluttered world of online content, with their Shakespeare inspired webseries, Bright Summer Night… Video, Audio, Gallery
Akala: Shall I compare thee to Eminem?
Poet, writer, historian and activist Akala started the Hip Hop Shakespeare company in 2009 as a way to bring the work of Shakespeare to younger audiences, and to highlight the linguistic parallels… Audio
A feast for the senses
Today is the shortest day, but for some night time is more magical than daylight. The solstice is being marked with a festival called Loemis with ancient songs from Aurora Four, and a rather large… Audio
Diana Devlin: around The Globe
London's Globe Theatre, a replica of one of Shakespeare's early venues, has had a record year making a healthy surplus of over half a million New Zealand dollars. Not bad for a venture that had to get… Audio
Mark Houlahan - Shakespearian Aotearoa
Shakespeare's work first arrived in Aotearoa on Captain Cook's Endeavour in 1769. Waves of later migrants then brought with them Victorian double-column small-type copies of his writing, and… Audio
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: King Lear
Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, and research and development consultant for the Pop-Up Globe, discussing the Shakespeare tragedy, King Lear. Audio
Willing Shakespeare "actors" needed
To mark the Quattro Centennial of Shakespeare's death, he's coming alive at Wellington Library through out 2016. All of Shakespeare's plays will have their moment as the Lord Lackbeards perform… Audio
Jonathan Gil Harris: Becoming Indian
Jonathan Gil Harris is a Shakespearean scholar who's written a history of the weird and wonderful people came to make India their home in the 16th and 17th centuries. First of the Firangis weaves the… Audio
Bard's outrageous fortune lives on
The 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death is being marked across Britain with parades, church services and - of course - stage performances.
All the world’s a stage
How shall I celebrate thee? Let me count the ways... Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Video, Audio
400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's death
Saturday will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the poet and playwright many consider to be the finest master of the English language. Audio
Michael Hurst
Actor Director Michael Hurst knows his Shakespeare better than most. A few years ago he created No Holds Barred his hilarious take on all his favourite Shakespearean heroes bundled into one solo show… Audio
Extra shows added to Pop-up Globe season
Since opening in February, over 80,000 tickets have been sold at the Pop-up Globe theatre in Auckland. That number is set to rise as two additional weeks of Shakespeare will take the season through…
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Performer Michael Hurst and writer Ken Larsen explain to Matthew Crawford the timeless appeal of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. (RNZ). Audio
Jacqueline Coats and Nigel Collins
2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene will perform The Cloud-capped Towers, a concert imagining Shakespeare in the Land of the Long White… Audio
Copy of rare Shakespeare's First Folio discovered
One of the world's most sought after books a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, worth millions of dollars, has been discovered in the library of a stately home on a Scottish Island. Audio
Actors and musicians collaborate in honour of The Bard
Tony Stamp stops by rehearsals for Play On, a performance at Auckland's Pop-up Globe that saw a selection of Shakespeare's soliloquies set to music. Video, Audio, Gallery
Paul McLaney: Shakespeare, soliloquies and song
Colin Peacock interviews Paul McLaney - composer, singer and guitarist, and deputy chair of the NZ Music Commission. He is the creator of Play On: a Musical Imagining of the Great Soliloquies, the… Audio
Bookmarks - Dr Miles Gregory
Dr Miles Gregory is the Executive Director of the Pop Up Globe. He has been on before but we talked then almost exclusively about the theatre project, today we'll get to know more about the man… Audio