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Being Lear
Jonathan Bate examines how great actors have interpreted Shakespeare's ageing king.
  1. Being Lear
    08:47
    Being Lear
  2. ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
    03:00
    ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  3. Claire reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
    05:41
    Claire reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  4. James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
    02:24
    James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
  5. Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
    03:30
    Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
  6. Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield: 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
    01:47
    Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield: 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
  7. Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
    01:11
    Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
  8. Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
    02:22
    Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
  9. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
  10. Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
    02:37
    Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
  11. 'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
    01:26
    'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
  12. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  13. Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
    01:19
    Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
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