Curated Video
Globe Theatre: Performance during Shakespeare's time
From our free online course, “Hamlet’s Ghost”: https://www.edx.org/course/hamlets-ghost-harvardx-hum3-1x?utm_source=social&utm_medium=partner-marketing&utm_content=youtube-harvardx&utm_campaign=harvardx At the reconstructed Globe theatre...
Cerebellum
The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
Opus Arte
Shakespeare: King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)
Release Date - April 2019 King Lear has three daughters, but no sons. Boldly he makes a decision to divide his country among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear...
The March of Time
Times globes Brooke Atkinson writing
MOT 1949: THEATRE REVIEW: NIGHT: 'TIMES' Illuminated globes outside building. REPRISAL: Theatre critic Brooke Atkinson writing review. CU Hand writing 'At the Theatre' on paper w/ pencil.
Opus Arte
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare's Globe)
My! The woods outisde Athens are a busy place on this magical night! Four runaway lovers find themselves smack bang in the middle of a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies, and, if that wasn’t enough, a troupe of amateur...
Opus Arte
Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics, one which reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power, with themes that still resonate even today. Staged in Elizabethan dress with Roman accessories and with...
Shakespeare's Globe
Making props for Romeo and Juliet
Ahead of Romeo and Juliet opening on Saturday 22 April, we took a tour of the Globe's props store with Katy, our Props Manager. Daniel Kramer's production of Romeo and Juliet plays in the Globe Theatre from Saturday 22 April – Sunday 9...
NativLang
What Shakespeare's English Sounded Like - and how we know
Botched rhymes, buried puns and a staged accent that sounds more Victorian than Elizabethan. No more! Use linguistic sleuthing to dig up the surprisingly different sound of the bard's Early Modern English. Subscribe for language:...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Week in History, June 29-July 5
Overview of the events of June 29-July 5. London's Globe Theatre is destroyed by fire; the Excelsior diamond is discovered; revolt breaks out on the slave ship Amistad; the Battle of Gettysburg ends; Dolly, the first successfully cloned...
Cerebellum
Shakespeare In London: Entry Into The Theatre
Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever written. William Shakespeare enters the theatrical world. This video is part 2 of the series 'Understanding...
Curated Video
William Shakespeare: Biography
Mr. Griot shares a brief biography of William Shakespeare and discusses his contributions to the genre of drama.
Curated Video
The Stratford Bard: William Shakespeare
Mr. Griot shares a brief biography of William Shakespeare and discusses his contributions to the genre of drama.
Kids Learning Videos
If You're Happy and You Know It - Nursery Rhyme for Kids
If You're Happy and You Know it, clap your hands! This is a fun nursery rhyme song that children love to sing. Kids can sing "If you're happy and you know it" and do the actions of clapping, stomping their feet and shooting "Hooray!"...
History Squad
An Elizabethan Lady
An overview of Elizabethan England, through the eyes of a wealthy woman. She talks about politics, crime, the impact of population growth and the development of towns as well as the treatment of vagrants. The History Squad - Kevin Hicks.
Curated Video
Julius Caesar 1.1 Interview Marullus and the Cobbler
This video introduces Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" through a unique talk show format, where host Ralph Hollandshed and guest Servilia engage with characters from the play. Set against the backdrop of ancient Rome and its political...
The Cynical Historian
The Revenant | Based on a True Story
This one’s been a long time coming. It was worth the wait. Today I’m taking on The Revenant. I did a lot of research on this one, so let’s take our time and dig deep. By the end of this, I hope no one who watches this can take this movie...
Curated Video
Shakespeare in Ten Acts
Exhibition open until 6 September 2016 A landmark exhibition on the performances that made an icon, charting Shakespeare’s constant reinvention across the centuries. Journey through 400 years of history – from the first productions of...
OverSimplified
The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Preview: Le Malade Imaginaire at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Fizzing dances, a touching love scene, operatic parody - all feature in Charpentier's music to Molière's Le Malade Imaginaire- our debut performances at the intimate and atmospheric Sam Wanamaker Playhouse this November. In this preview...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"? - Iseult Gillespie
Explore William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”, a story of shipwreck, magic and a fight for power. -- Claps of thunder and flashes of lightning illuminate a swelling sea, as a ship buckles beneath the waves. It is no ordinary storm,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" - Iseult Gillespie
By the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” sees Shakespeare play with...
Crash Course Kids
Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids
How would a Polar Bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can't anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with Habitats and how animals (including humans) are suited for living in one place over another. In this...
British Council
London 2: A Penny for the Yard
Shakespeare's Globe stands out as one of the greatest theaters in history. A video and tasks from the compares the original performance space to its current recreation in London. Activities focus on key vocabulary words related to...
British Council
London 1: Piece by Piece
How has London changed since the time of Shakespeare? Using a video and series of activities, part of the Shakespeare English Exercises series, English language learners discover a bit about the town that inspired Shakespeare's...