Shakespeare & The Jews -
Dr. Sophie Duncan
Research fellow and dean for welfare, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Academic interests: Early Modern, Victorian and contemporary drama, William Shakespeare
Historical advisor, theatre, radio, and television, BBC, Kiln Theatre, New Vic, Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company
Author of:
Shakespeare’s Women and the Fin de Siècle
Shakespeare’s Props: Memory and Cognition
Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare’s First Tragic Heroine
Episode #1
Was Shakespeare Popular During His Lifetime?
Episode #2
What are Shakespeare’s Missing Years?
Episode #3
Did Shakespeare know any Jews?
Episode #4
Who was Roderigo Lopez and was Shakespeare influenced by him?
Episode #5
Was Shakespeare influenced by Marlowe -
The Jew of Malta?
Episode #6
Merchant of Venice - How anti-Semitic?
Episode #7
How does Al Pacino's Merchant of Venice tackle
anti-Semitism?
Episode #8
Shakespeare – Where Are Jews Mentioned?
Episode #9
Romeo & Juliet: Is there a “Jewish connection"?
Episode #10
Should Shakespeare Statues Be Torn Down?
Episode #11
Shakespeare – Favorite Play? Favorite Quote?