The Essay Episodes Available now
Narguess Farzad—Shakespeare Around the Globe
2/5 Narguess Farzad explores how Iranians fell under the spell of Shakespeare.
Poonam Trivedi—Shakespeare Around the Globe
1/5 Poonam Trivedi explains how Bollywood helped to make Shakespeare's reputation in India.
Akram Khan—Here's Looking at Me
4/5 Dancer Akram Khan on Darvish Fakhr's nine-panel portrait by which captures him in action.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown—Shakespeare and Love
5/5 Writer and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown examines interracial love in Shakespeare.
Helen Hackett—Shakespeare and Love
4/5 Helen Hackett argues that Shakespeare used sonnets to speak a higher truth about love.
Samuel West—Shakespeare and Love
3/5 Actor and director Samuel West talks of his own passion for Shakespearean love.
Stanley Wells—Shakespeare and Love
2/5 Stanley Wells argues that Shakespeare's many portrayals of love reflect his own life.
Margaret Drabble—Shakespeare and Love
1/5 Writer Margaret Drabble explores how Shakespeare has deepened our concept of love.
Jarlath Killeen—Bram Stoker
5/5 Dr Jarlath Killeen explores Bram Stoker's last novel, The Lair of the White Worm.
Roger Luckhurst—Bram Stoker
4/5 Professor Roger Luckhurst explores Stoker's Egyptian horror The Jewel of Seven Stars.
