Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Love's Labour's Lost.
12 February 2024, 11:23 am
44 minutes 47 seconds
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Professor Emma Smith gives the last of her 2017 Shakespeare lectures on his early comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
15 December 2017, 12:06 pm
47 minutes 48 seconds
Henry VI, Part 2
Professor Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a 2017 lecture on the early history play, Henry VI, Part 2.
9 November 2017, 5:49 pm
48 minutes 29 seconds
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Professor Emma Smith lectures on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor.
25 October 2017, 3:40 pm
48 minutes 19 seconds
All's Well That Ends Well
Professor Emma Smith lectures on Shakespeare’s comedy All's Well That Ends Well.
25 October 2017, 3:31 pm
50 minutes 28 seconds
Cymbeline
Professor Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on one of Shakespeare’s later plays, Cymbeline.
25 October 2017, 1:48 pm
54 minutes 49 seconds
Timon of Athens
Emma Smith finishes her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Timon of Athens.
23 June 2015, 11:40 am
49 minutes 34 seconds
Julius Caesar
This lecture on Julius Caesar discusses structure, tone, and politics by focusing on the cameo scene with Cinna the Poet.
18 May 2015, 3:44 pm
44 minutes 15 seconds
Romeo and Juliet
This lecture on Romeo and Juliet tackles the issue of the spoiler-chorus, in an already-too-familiar play. This podcast is suitable for school and college students.
5 May 2015, 11:39 am
52 minutes 32 seconds
Coriolanus
This lecture takes up a detail from Shakespeare’s late Roman tragedy Coriolanus to ask about the representation of character, the use of sources and the genre of tragedy. This podcast is suitable for school and college students.
5 May 2015, 11:03 am
43 minutes 34 seconds
The Merchant of Venice
This lecture on The Merchant of Venice discusses the ways the play's personal relationships are shaped by models of financial transaction, using the casket scenes as a central example.