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Sunday Play: Shakespeare's Fools

on BBC Radio 3

From Wilton's Music Hall in London's East End, Karl Minns and Owen Evans, better known as the Nimmo Twins, host a guide to fooling illustrated by classic fool scenes from Shakespeare, performed by a cast of distinguished actors.

Contributors

Presenter:
Karl Minns
Presenter:
Owen Evans
Music:
Harvey Brough
Director:
Kate Rowland
Corin (As You Like It):
Joss Ackland
Touchstone (As You Like It):
Roger Lloyd Pack
Rosalind (As You Like It):
Matilda Ziegler
Maria (Twelfth Night):
Matilda Ziegler
Feste (Twelfth Night):
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night):
Joss Ackland
Malvolio (Twelfth Night):
Sylvester McCoy
Porter (Macbeth):
Roger Lloyd Pack
Macduff (Macbeth):
Sylvester McCoy
Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra):
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Clown (Antony and Cleopatra):
Sylvester McCoy
First clown (Hamlet):
Louis Hilyer
Second clown (Hamlet):
Sylvester McCoy
Hamlet (Hamlet):
Roger Lloyd Pack
Horatio (Hamlet):
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Launcelot (Merchant of Venice):
Sylvester McCoy
Old Gobbo (Merchant of Venice):
Joss Ackland
Fool (King Lear):
Matilda Ziegler
King Lear (King Lear):
Joss Ackland
Kent (King Lear):
Sylvester McCoy

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