Shakespeare

One of the world's most sought after books a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, worth millions of dollars, has been discovered in the library of a stately home on a Scottish Island. Audio

Colin Peacock interviews Paul McLaney - composer, singer and guitarist, and deputy chair of the NZ Music Commission. He is the creator of Play On: a Musical Imagining of the Great Soliloquies, the… Audio

Dr Miles Gregory is the Executive Director of the Pop Up Globe. He has been on before but we talked then almost exclusively about the theatre project, today we'll get to know more about the man… Audio

With Sally Bollinger and Minnie Grace, Claris Jacobs and Elsie Bollinger are The Candle Wasters, creators of the Shakespeare-inspired vlog YouTube series, Nothing Much To Do and Lovely Little Losers… Audio

Donovan Bixley is an award winning writer and illustrator who's latest work focuses on one of the world's greatest in literary history, William Shakespeare. Donovan Bixley is bringing The Bard to life… Audio

The Tempest and Titus are gracing the stage at the Pop-Up Globe in Auckland. Actor and singer Cole Jenkins is the leading woman. He's swapping traditional roles as he steps into the shoes of the… Audio

400 years after the death of William Shakespeare - the bard is in town. An exact replica of the famous Globe theatre has sprung up in Auckland, where a series of Shakespeare plays are being performed… Audio

Craig Beardsworth has a bone to pick with this years production of Summer Shakespeare in Wellington. Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals and associate director of Twelfth Night, one of the productions of the Pop-Up Globe Auckland. He discusses the first Shakespeare tragedy, Titus… Audio

It's time for our weekly catch-up with an expat, or New Zealander living overseas. And today, we're speaking with the 'bad boy' of Shakespeare. Jonno Roberts has made a career out of playing the bad… Audio

Pop-up Globe is the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe theatre, and eight of Shakespeare's works will be performed in Auckland before it heads to another part of the world.

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400 years ago, the world's most famous playwright died. William Shakespeare's 37 plays are still performed regularly around the world. 2016 also marks the 25th anniversary of the Shakespeare Globe… Audio

Director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. Their latest production is A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS (to 19… Audio

Award winning UK actor and playwright who is visiting Auckland in partnership with the British Council to present his solo show, I, Peaseblossom, the story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing the Shakespeare plays The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew. Audio

Sir Jonathan Bate was knighted this year for his services to literary scholarship. The Professor of English Literature at Oxford University has many strings to his bow, including biographer, critic… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, whose next production is Isaac Asimov's A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS in December. He discusses Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Audio