It is the Heretic That Makes the Fire
- Synopsis
- Audio podcast. Third episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Adapted by Catherine Eaton, directed and rendered into modern English verse by Tracy Young. Part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’ project to create more contemporary and accessible versions of the texts for performance.
3. After presenting him with his newborn daughter, Leontes throws Paulina out of his chambers and commands Antigonus to kill the child. His Lords beg him to relent and he appeases them by commanding Antigonus to abandon the baby in the wilderness instead. Cleomenes and Dion, meanwhile, return from the Oracle of Delphi full of optimism. The trial comes to order. Hermione testifies in her own defence against her husband’s accusations. The Oracle’s message is opened and read aloud: Hermione is innocent. Refusing to accept the judgement, Leontes is met with immediate and devastating consequences. - Series
- Play on Podcasts: The Winter’s Tale
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Transmission details
- 6 Jan 2023
- Duration
- 32 mins
Credits
- Director
- Tracy Young
- Music
- Lindsay Jones
- Executive Producer
- Michael Goodfriend
- Adaptor for Radio
- Tracy Young
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- 17th Century
- Plays
- Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- radio drama
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-winters-tale-it-is-the-heretic-that-makes-the-fire/id1561429994?i=1000592927989
- Online format
- Streamed/Download
Production Company
- Name
Next Chapter Podcasts
- Web
- https://ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast External site opens in new window
Sponsor
- Name
Play On Shakespeare
- info@playonshakespeare.org
- Web
- https://playonshakespeare.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (541) 846 8466
- Address
- PO Box 955
Ashland, OR
97520
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "It is the Heretic That Makes the Fire". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80099 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)