Shakespeare

Auckland is set to get the world's first reconstruction of Shakespeare's second Globe Theatre. The Pop-Up Globe will be constructed in the CBD early next year, as the world marks 400 years since the… Audio, Gallery

One of Shakespeare's most famous plays is being given a make-over. Regan Taylor, the co-director of Te Rehia Theatre Company uses specially carved 'Maori performance masks' to re-work the Elizabethan… Audio

It's a dream job - designing the set and costumes for the Royal New Zealand Ballet's brand spanking new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Tracy Grant Lord designs for intimate theatre… Audio

Actor, and director of Mt Zion Tearepa Kahi, is about to stage William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in te reo, to mark Matariki. He joins Wallace to talk about the challenges of translating the… Audio

A Gilded-age millionaire saved some of the greatest works by William Shakespeare from oblivion. Henry Folger obsessively collected the works of Shakespeare. The great playwright left no manuscripts… Audio

Patrick Spottiswoode is the founding director of Globe Education, and he's here as an assessor for the Shakespeare Globe Centre of New Zealand-University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. Audio

The Shakespeare Behind Bars programme is an internationally acclaimed programme in the United States for both offenders and ex-offenders, offering theatrical experiences that deal with personal and… Audio

For 20 years the Ugly Shakespeare Company has toured theatre to schools the length and breadth of the country, introducing 800-thousand school kids to the Bard. Audio

Rosalind's Monologue from Act III, Scene V of "As You Like It". Performed by Miranda Harcourt. Audio

Dr Lori Leigh talks about Shakespeare's heroines, with particular reference to Rosalind in "As you Like It". The interview includes a rendition of Rosalind's monologue from Act 3, Scene 5 performed by… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing Shakespeare's last history play, Henry V. Audio

Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare's "Embodied Heroines", with particular reference to Helena and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The interview includes a rendition of Helena's monologue from… Audio

Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare's "Embodied Heroines", with particular reference to Helena and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The interview includes a rendition of Helena's monologue from… Audio

Helena's Monologue from Act I, Scene I of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Performed by Erin Banks. Audio

Dr Lori Leigh talks about the heroines of "Two Noble Kinsmen" by William Shakespeare, with particular reference to The Jailer's Daughter. The interview includes a rendition of the Jailer's Daughters'… Audio

The Jailer's Daughters' Monologue from Act II, Scene IV of 'Two Nobel Kinsmen'. Performed by Hannah Banks. Audio

Dr Lori Leigh talks about her book Shakespeare and the Embodied Heroine, with particular reference to Paulina and 'The Winter's Tale'. Includes Paulina's monologue from Act 3, Scene 2 performed by… Audio

Paulina's monologue from Act 3, Scene 2 of 'The Winter's Tale'. Performed by Sophie Hambleton. Audio

David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last… Audio