Let's Talk Shakespeare

Let's Talk Shakespeare episodes:

• 01.10.2016

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: How did Shakespeare Get so Popular?

  For the tenth and final episode of this series of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “How did Shakespeare get so popular?”. This is a good question, and a lot of people wonder why it is Shakespeare that is so well...

  
• 01.03.2016

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: How did Shakespeare Die?

  For the ninth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “How Did Shakespeare Die?”. We have found ourselves at the end of Shakespeare's life, and with most questions we asked, we don't know the answer to this one for sure....

  
• 12.27.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: How much was Shakespeare Worth?

  For the eighth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “How much was Shakespeare Worth?”. Most of the documents the survive about Shakespeare life detail his business and financial dealings. In this episode we looks at what these documents can...

  
• 12.20.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: Was Shakespeare Gay?

  For the seventh episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Was Shakespeare Gay?”. This is a really big question that people have written a great deal about, so this episode acts as a sort of summary of some of the...

  
• 12.13.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I?

  For the sixth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Did Shakespeare know Queen Elizabeth 1?”. This is something that people love to imagine, that these two icons of British culture could have had a relationship, and in this episode...

  
• 12.06.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: Where did Shakespeare Live?

  For the fifth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Where did Shakespeare Live?”. To answer this question we must look at three differnt periods in his life: his youth, his life in London and his married and family life....

  
• 11.28.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: How Did Actors Learn Their Lines?

  For the fourth episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “How did actors learn their lines?”. If you were an actor in the Kings Men, your rehearsal process would have been very different from todays! In this episode I talk...

  
• 11.21.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: When Did Shakespeare go to London?

  For the third episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “When Did Shakespeare Go to London?”. There are some lost years in Shakespeare's life, one of which is the period from around 1585 until 1592 when the first reference to...

  
• 11.14.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: Did Shakespeare Love his Wife?

  Episode two of Let's Talk Shakespeare from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. In the second episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Did Shakespeare love his wife?”. This question has tantalised for years, we have so frustrating little evidence of their relationship,...

  
• 11.08.2015

  Let's Talk Shakespeare: Was Shakespeare Educated?

  For the first episode of Let’s Talk Shakespeare, I asked “Was Shakespeare Educated?”. This is a really interesting question that we are asked regularly and one that have to pull on lots of different sources of information to get an...

  
• 10.15.2015

  Message from Peter Kyle, Chairman, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

  SBT Chairman, Peter Kyle explains Trustees' decision to sell land at Shottery #Shakespearebirthplacetrust #annehathawayscottage #shottery #newroadlink