Stand up for Shakespeare

Other videos in this series

• Lenny on Performance

  'He didn't tell us it was sexy and that it was fun and that there were battles and wit combats and love and loss'

  Lenny Henry talks about fearing Shakespeare from school.

• Lenny on Language

  'Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll'

  Lenny Henry talks about knife crime, abuse, racism and oppression in Shakespeare.

• Lenny on Doing Shakespeare

  'There's no substitute for getting up and performing the play'

  Lenny Henry explains how he gets to grips with Shakespeare.