Shakespeare's Restless World

Making a selection of objects from the British Museum and collections across the UK, Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories they tell about Shakespeare's world.

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Description: Making a selection of objects from the British Museum and collections across the UK, Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories they tell about Shakespeare's world.
Language: 🇬🇧 English
last modified: 2023-12-27 09:58
last episode published: 2012-05-11 00:00
publication frequency: 1.32 days
Contributors: BBC; Owner; BBC Radio 4; Author
Explicit: false
Number of Episodes: 20
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Categories: Society & Culture History

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Date	Title & Description	Contributors
2012-05-11	Shakespeare Goes Global Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, brings to an end his object-based history. During the past four weeks he has taken artefacts from William Shakespeare's time and explored how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the un...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-10	The Theatres of Cruelty Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-09	London Becomes Rome Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-08	Plague and the Playhouse Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-07	A Time of Change, a Change of Time Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, enters the final week of his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-04	The Flag That Failed Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-03	Disguise and Deception Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-02	From London to Marrakech Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in whi...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-05-01	Sex and the City Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they...	BBC Radio 4 author
2012-04-30	Treason and Plots Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, continues his object-based history. Taking artefacts from William Shakespeare's time, he explores how Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoers made sense of the unstable and rapidly changing world in which they...	BBC Radio 4 author