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
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- 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)