Sleep

Synopsis
Radio programme featuring a selection of poetry and music on the theme of sleep. The programme includes an excerpt from Macbeth III ii ("Come Seeling Night")
read by Adrian Rawlins and a Tanglewood Festival Chorus recording of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Judi Dench as narrator. Lisa Dillon reads Sonnet 27.
Series
Words and Music
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
27 Apr 2008 at 22:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
105 (total)

Credits

Producer
Jeremy Evans
Writer
William Shakespeare
Contributor
Judi Dench
Cast
Adrian Rawlins 
LIsa Dillon 

Additional Details

Production type
Other
Plays
Hamlet; Macbeth
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
For details of the music and verse featured in this programme, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic (accessed 9/2008).
General
Words and Music is a BBC Radio 3 evening series that offers a selection of classical music, interspersed with poetry and prose chosen to illustrate a theme. The literary excerpts are read by leading actors.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Sleep". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71284 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)