BBC R3 - Shakespeare's London

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Writer Iain Sinclair walks the streets of London in the company of Shakespeare scholars and archaeologists, to seek out echoes of Shakespeare's city in the London of today.

This programme was made available online in April 2012 as part of the the BBC's Shakespeare Unlocked season.

William Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew

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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 

This hearty comedy has always been a favourite with audiences. 

Three suitors pursue Bianca Minola, but her father won't let her marry until her older sister, Katherine, is married. Kate is wilful, loud, volatile and above all, shrewish. 

Her suitor Petruchio is stern, jolly, and somewhat odd. A match made in heaven? 

The play has an all-star cast including:

Bob Peck, Cheryl Campbell, Moira Leslie, Robert Glenister, Stephen Tompkinson, Douglas Hodge, Christopher Fairbank, Michael Deacon, Anthony Jackson, Willam Simons, John Badley, and Paul Copley. Music composed by Mia Soteriou. 

Directed and adapted for radio by Jeremy Mortimer.

First broadcast on Radio 3 in 1988

Length: 1 hr, 59 mins

William Shakespeare - the Merry Wives Of Windsor

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One of my more favored Shakespeare comedies along the lines of "Arsenic and Old Lace" or even Impulse. this version was done by the BBC back in '03, so it has the usual excellent music and actors one would expect from the Beeb.