To Be Or Not To Be: Shakespeare Unlocked

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Episodes: 20

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”To Be Or Not To Be” – it’s the most famous speech in all of English drama, but what on earth is Hamlet actually talking about?This series, made by BAFTA winner, double Emmy Award winning documentary producer Andrew Smith, features contributions from Adrian Lester, Harriet Walter, Sir Mark Rylance, Samuel West and many more. The first 14 episodes were produced during lockdown to raise awareness for theatres and for actors in a time of pandemic and theatre closures. If you would like to support the podcast, please do ”like” it - or leave a review! Special thanks to Emma Fielding, Simon Paisley Day, Kris Dyer and Paul Sen.

Episode Date
S2E3 A Play Full of Quotes
Jun 15, 2023
S2E2: A Strange Bog
May 16, 2023
S2E1: Kurt Cobain and the French Resistance
May 12, 2023
How Hamlet’s speech saved my life
Oct 25, 2022
Hamlet’s speech and your brain
Oct 17, 2022
To Make Oppression Bitter: Shakespeare Scholars on the Frontline in Ukraine
Mar 07, 2022
The Globe Returns
May 13, 2021
Whose Common Theme
Apr 14, 2021
Pray, Love, Remember
Mar 29, 2021
Bad Weather Between Humans
Mar 21, 2021
The Strange History of a Radical Speech (Part 2)
Jan 26, 2021
A Thousand Natural Shocks
Jan 06, 2021
Taking Up Arms
Dec 20, 2020
What We May Be
Nov 23, 2020
The Strange History of a Radical Speech (Part 1)
Nov 11, 2020
The Verse Doctors
Nov 11, 2020
What’s It All About?
Oct 27, 2020
Black Lives Matter
Sep 25, 2020
The Time Machine
Sep 16, 2020
Speaking The Speech
Sep 06, 2020