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World Service,15 Jul 2000,23 mins

How Henry IV touched an Elizabethan nerve

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Exploring the theme of succession in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, first performed in 1596, late in the reign of the childless queen Elizabeth I. Guests Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of London and Peter Holland, director of the Shakespeare Institute in University of Birmingham.

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