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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind The Duchess of Malfi, the son of a coachmaker who ended up rivalling Shakespeare. Show more

Start the Week

Shakespeare's Late Plays - recorded at the Globe's Playhouse

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr celebrates the later life and works of Shakespeare with Simon Russell Beale, Jeanette Winterson, Dominic Dromgoole and Katherine Duncan-Jones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Russell Beale
Interviewed Guest:
Jeanette Winterson
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Duncan-Jones
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Front Row

Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and Shakespeare's Globe's outgoing artistic director Dominic Dromgoole. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Holden
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:
Elif Shafak
Interviewed Guest:
Mick Herron

Front Row

The Good Lie, Dominic Dromgoole, Loudon Wainwright III, Lib Dems' arts policy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The Good Lie reviewed; Dominic Dromgoole on Hamlet; Loudon Wainwright III on his Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award; Lib Dems' Baroness Bonham-Carter on her party's arts policy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Loudon Wainwright III
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Bonham-Carter

Front Row

Benjamin Clementine performs live

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Benjamin Clementine plays from his second album I Tell a Fly. We assess Oscar Wilde for modern times. And celebrity photographer David LaChapelle talks about nudity and glitter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Clementine
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Franny Moyle
Interviewed Guest:
David LaChapelle

Front Row

Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber; The Globe's Dominic Dromgoole; photographic culture

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson. Cellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, Dominic Dromgoole on the Globe's new Jacobean theatre, and photographic culture. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Jiaxin Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Front Row

Wadjda, Philipp Meyer, Alison Balsom, Paul Franklin

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Shahidha Bari reviews Wadjda, Philipp Meyer discusses his new novel The Son, Alison Balsom on new play Gabriel, and Paul Franklin chooses The Thief of Bagdad for Cultural Exchange. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Philipp Meyer
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Balsom
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Franklin
Producer:
Karla Sweet

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Andrew Marr presents a new production of John Webster's bloody revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi (1614) performed in a perfect recreation of an early Jacobean theatre. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
The Duchess of Malfi:
Gemma Arterton
Ferdinand:
David Dawson
Cardinal:
James Garnon
Cariola:
Sarah MacRae
Director:
Ian Russell

Duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Shakespeare’s masterpiece, on stage at one of London’s most famous landmarks, tells the violent and patriotic story of the ambitious king’s campaign to recapture the French throne. Show more

Contributors

Henry V:
Jamie Parker
Captain Fluellen/Bishop of Ely:
Brendan O'Hea
Bardolph/Archbishop of Canterbury/Duke of Burgundy:
Paul Rider
Chorus/Queen Isabel:
Brid Brennan
Pistol:
Sam Cox
King of France/Nym/Sir Thomas Erpingham:
David Hargreaves
Michael Williams/Earl of Cambridge / Duke of Orleans/Captain Jamy:
Chris Starkie
Princess Katherine/Boy:
Olivia Ross
Duke of Exeter:
Nigel Cooke
Louis the Dauphin/Lord Scroop:
Kurt Egyiawan
Constable of France/Governor of Harfleur:
Roger Watkins
Montjoy / Monseiur le Fer / Sir Thomas Grey:
Giles Cooper
Hostess Quickly/Alice:
Lisa Stevenson
Captain Gower:
Matthew Flynn
Earl of Westmoreland/Captain MacMorris:
James Lailey
John Bates/Duke of York:
Beruce Khan
Ambassador/Duke of Bourbon / Alexander Court:
Graham Butler
Executive Producer:
Dominic Dromgoole
Executive Producer:
Robert Marshall

Front Row

David Hare, Sixto Rodriguez, Stage Kiss, Hamlet in N Korea

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Hare on the Worricker Trilogy, Sixto Rodriguez on Searching for Sugar Man, the art of the stage kiss, and Dominic Dromgoole defends The Globe taking Hamlet to North Korea. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sixto Rodriguez
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Ruhl
Interviewed Guest:
Christian Burgess
Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Akingbola
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole

Free Thinking

What does Global Shakespeare Mean?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd is joined by academic Preti Taneja, Professor David Schalkwyk, director Dominic Dromgoole and Professor Sonia Massai to discuss what global Shakespeare means. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Sonia Massai
Interviewed Guest:
Preti Taneja
Interviewed Guest:
David Schalkwyk

Loose Ends

Graham Linehan, Frances Barber, Dominic Dromgoole, Katherine Ryan, MF Robots, Eivør, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson

Duration: 36 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Graham Linehan, Frances Barber and Dominic Dromgoole for conversation, music and comedy. With music from MF Robots. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Presenter:
Arthur Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Linehan
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Barber
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Ryan