Radio 3’s Shakespeare Day - Compilation Tape

Synopsis

Extracts include: Sonnet 130 read by dairy farmer, Norman, on his tractor. - Trail for As You Like It with Helena Bonham Carter and David Morrissey. - Sonnet 2 read by Vicki Wilson at South Tyneside College. - Extract from Richard III with Joss Ackland as John of Gaunt.- Sonnet 27 read by pilot Stephen Leggott. -`Masterclass’ with Fiona Shaw - recorded at the Central School of Speech and Drama with a live audience. Actors involved are Susan Brown, Paul Bhattacharjee, Tom George, Clare Cathcart and Antony Ryding.- Sonnet 65 read by Lisa, on Bournemouth Pier, - extract from Richard II with Samuel West as Richard II and James Laurenson as Northumberland. Sonnet 128 read by Dongah Curwen at her contemporary dance class.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

2000

Subjects

Drama; Literature

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Central School of Speech and Drama

Credits

Cast

Antony Ryding
Clare Cathcart
David Morrisey
Fiona Shaw
Helena Bonham-Carter
James Laurenson
Joss Ackland
Paul Bhattacharjee
Samuel West
Susan Brown
Tom George

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

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London
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