James Shapiro

2 Appearances
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

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James Shapiro
Entertainment, Books, Society, HistoryAir Date 12/28/2011
James Shapiro from Columbia University examines Shakespeare's "King Lear" and the cultural impact of Shakespeare's work.
Why Shakespeare?
Entertainment, Books, Society, HistoryAir Date 12/28/2011
Liev Schreiber on "Macbeth"; Columbia professor James Shapiro on "King Lear"; Kenneth Branagh on "Hamlet."

Arnold Rampersad
Books, Sports, Health
Air Date 06/14/1993
Arnold Rampersad of Princeton on the book "Days of Grace," which he wrote with the late tennis player Arthur Ashe. 14:39
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James Clavell
Books
Air Date 06/21/1993
Author James Clavell shares his bestselling novel "Gai-Jin," the third book in his Asian Saga. 20:55
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Jason Robards; Abba Eban; Susan Anton
Entertainment, Politics
Air Date 11/21/1991
Jason Robards on interpreting Eugene O'Neill's plays; Abba Eban on the Madrid Conference of 1991; actor Susan Anton on turning 40 years old. 56:24
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'War and Peace'
Entertainment
Air Date 05/14/2002
Artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev and on "War and Peace," with one of its stars, Dmitri Hvorostovsky. 12:14
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Joel Silver
Entertainment, Business
Air Date 02/09/1994
Producer Joel Silver introduces his latest movie, "The Hudsucker Proxy," directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Tim Robbins and Paul Newman. 25:01
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