Shakespeare (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, recorded live at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Farah Karim-Cooper and comedian Richard Herring to learn all about the life, legend and legacy of William Shakespeare himself. 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, which preserved his work for future generations. But how did a boy from the Midlands become the most famous playwright in the English-speaking world, and how did the publication of the folio contribute to his legacy? This episode explores Shakespeare’s life, career and dramatic works, as well as the reception of his plays in the centuries after his death, and the creation of his legend in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Research by: Jon Mason Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Caitlin Hobbs Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: Chris Ledgard

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me,
0:08.8	the Radio 4 Comedy Podcast that takes history seriously.
0:11.7	My name is Greg Janna. I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and I'm delighted today
0:16.1	You're recording live from the beautiful Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescott, which means I get to say, hello, sorry, no, hail fair audience, well met.
0:25.7	Oh, what a lovely sound. Today we are donning our ruffs, pulling on our tights and
0:37.9	traveling back to early modern England to learn all about the life and legend of
0:41.7	Mr. William Shakespeare, the Bard himself, and to help
0:45.0	craft this merry narrative we have two very special guests, co-stars in fact.
0:49.9	In History Corner, she's professor of Shakespeare Studies at Kings College London,
0:53.2	Director of Education and Research at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and was recently
0:57.3	president of the Shakespeare Association of America. She's also the author of a
1:01.1	fascinating new book, The Great White Bard, Shakespeare Race and the future is Professor Farra Karim Cooper. Welcome Farra. And in Comedy Corner corner we have a fellow who is wise enough to play the fool.
1:27.0	His CV is vast, he's a comedian, author, playwright, blogger, podcast royalty.
1:32.0	You'll know him as a taskmaster champion
1:34.0	from the brilliantly funny Richard Herring Lester Square Theatre
1:36.0	podcast, which gives away who he is.
1:39.0	It's also got a spin-off show about books, which I love very much.
1:41.0	And of course, he was on our classic episode of Your Dead to Me about Stonehenge.
1:46.0	It's none other than Richard Herring.
1:48.0	Welcome back Richard. I didn't get the leather jacket memo so sorry yeah they're actually in reception yeah okay so you
2:08.8	Richard hello it's good to be here, it's good to have you back.
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