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Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
The actors discuss the qualities they feel are within Hamlet.
  1. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
    03:41
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  2. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
    02:39
    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  3. Being Lear
    08:47
    Being Lear
  4. Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
    02:15
    Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
  5. Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
    02:01
    Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
  6. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  7. Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
    00:42
    Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
  8. Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
    01:35
    Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
  9. Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
    01:54
    Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
  10. Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
    01:17
    Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
  11. David Roberts' drawing tips
    01:35
    David Roberts' drawing tips
  12. Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
    02:33
    Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
  13. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
  14. Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
    02:22
    Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
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