Featured English Video for the New Academic Year

Shakespeare's Footprints

The Life and Times of Shakespeare

This densely packed and student-friendly programme includes well-known examples from his plays and a look at his contribution to the English lexicon to demonstrate Shakespeare’s enduring impact on language and the study of literature.

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An Inspector Calls: Context and Background

An Inspector Calls

Set in 1912, the play unfolds during turbulent times in Britain as workers formed unions, and demanded better wages and conditions. This clip explores class divisions at the time, as well as the context of the play’s first London performance in 1945. This is an ideal resource for middle and senior secondary level students.

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Frankenstein and the Monster

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

When Victor Frankenstein created his monster he never named it, yet its complex personality and struggle for identity and acceptance provides a profound insight to the human condition. This clip examines the troubled relationship between Frankenstein and the monster, and the role of other characters in the novel, including William, Dr Clerval, Elizabeth and Captain Walton.

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