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BBC Radio 4Sat 21 Apr 2012 10:30 BBC Radio 4
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BBC Radio 4Wed 26 Dec 2012 23:30 BBC Radio 4
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Postbag edition from the potting shed at Sparsholt College, hosted by Eric Robson.
Wed 26 Dec 2012 23:30 BBC Radio 4
David Owen Norris and guests compile a playlist for the bard. Choosing Shakespeare's favourite songs are the renowned Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells, RSC director Greg Doran and musician Lucie Skeaping.
The music ranges from a lullaby Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden might have sung him, through bawdy ballads from the local tavern, to haunting songs written by Shakespeare himself. What do they tell us about our most enigmatic genius?
The programme is recorded at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, a wooden recreation of a Shakespearean playhouse.
With singers Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, and a trumpeter from Shakespeare's old school to test the theatre acoustics with some rousing fanfares.
Producer: Elizabeth Burke.
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
BBC Radio 4Sat 21 Apr 2012 10:30 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4Wed 26 Dec 2012 23:30 BBC Radio 4
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