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Under The Skin with Russell Brand

#041 Shakespeare And Power! (with Professor Tony Howard)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.815.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Is Shakespeare still at the heart of British culture? Tony Howard discusses Shakespeare’s continued relevance in reflecting the shifts in British society; the marginalisation of Black and Asian performers; and how the entertainment sector still faces urgent calls for greater diversity.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Under the Skin with me Russell Brand.

0:02.4

This show is sponsored by me and my book I've done.

0:05.0

Recovery, which is available now.

0:06.8

You can order it on Amazon or you can get the audio book,

0:09.4

which I think you're going to enjoy listening to in your car

0:11.6

or your train.

0:12.6

It might not be your train unless you're the queen, in which case,

0:14.3

it is your train or maybe your shareholder in several.

0:16.8

Look, I don't want to get bogged down.

0:17.8

You can get it on order, but now it's time for Under the Skin.

0:21.3

MUSIC

0:43.3

Tony Howard is a professor of English at Warwick University

0:46.4

and writes about performance in its social and political context.

0:50.6

His book Women as Hamlet includes studies of the shifting

0:54.3

relationship of Shakespeare, culture and gender in many societies

0:58.0

and ideological situations.

0:59.9

His work includes leading the multicultural Shakespeare project,

1:03.1

which focuses on the relationship between race and Shakespeare

1:06.2

in modern Britain and on the achievement of Black and Asian artists

1:10.1

working on the place.

1:12.0

Thanks for coming here, Tony.

1:14.1

Thank you.

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