Transcript -- How we use our personal influences and theoretical positions to inform our reading of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare: A critical analysis - for iPad/Mac/PC

Transcript -- Shakespeare: A critical analysis

Why has Shakespeare become such a cultural hero?

Shakespeare: A cultural icon

Transcript -- Why has Shakespeare become such a cultural hero?

Transcript -- Shakespeare: A cultural icon

How Shakespeare has influenced contemporary popular culture.

Shakespeare and popular culture

Transcript -- How Shakespeare has influenced contemporary popular culture.

Transcript -- Shakespeare and popular culture

How we use our personal influences and theoretical positions to inform our reading of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare: A critical analysis

A discussion debating these two different methods of analysing Shakespeare's work.

New historicism and cultural materialism

Transcript -- A discussion debating these two different methods of analysing Shakespeare's work.

Transcript -- New historicism and cultural materialism

Were Shakespeare's women denied the right to choose their own lovers?

Midsummer Nights Dream: Love and Feminism

Transcript -- Were Shakespeare's women denied the right to choose their own lovers?

Transcript -- Midsummer Nights Dream: Love and Feminism

Scolastico

Is Shakespeare still relevant today? How does his work influence pop culture today? Do the themes of his plays continue to resonate with modern audiences or as a result of his legacy has he become a caricature of himself? Stephen Regan, accompanied by experts from the world Shakespeare congress examine Shakespeare ‘s work from a critical perspective, putting his plays in historical and social context as well as making a critical analysis of the broader questions of performance and audience interaction throughout history.