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'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
Why international actors shouldn't put on an English accent when in the bard's plays.
  1. 'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
    01:39
    'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'
  2. Fulani Rock
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    Fulani Rock
  3. Traveller
    05:37
    Traveller
  4. Lampenda
    04:03
    Lampenda
  5. O for a muse of fire
    02:37
    O for a muse of fire
  6. Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
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    Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
  7. Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
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    Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
  8. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
  9. Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
    01:24
    Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
  10. Chris Packham: Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
    01:31
    Chris Packham: Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
  11. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
    03:30
    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  12. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  13. Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
    01:14
    Thomas Keneally on Steven Spielberg
  14. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
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    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
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