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If Music and Sweet Poetry Agree

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If music and sweet poetry agree,
As they must needs, the sister and the brother....
(THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM)
The ' sweet poetry ' of Shakespeare has inspired at least 187 operas and over 300 orchestral works, to say nothing of incidental music, countless songs, and even musicals like West Side Story.
Michael Rose introduces some of the music associated with just one of the plays - Romeo and Juliet, with illustrations from a classic radio production starring Peggy Ashcroft and Tony Brit-ton and the comments of the composers read by ADRIAN EGAN. ROGER HAMMOND, GODFREY KENTON and DAVID TIMSON.

Contributors

Introduces:
Michael Rose
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Read By:
Adrian Egan.
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
David Timson.
Source: Radio Times

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