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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Drama on 3

Drama

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

William Shakespeare

Trystan Gravelle

Vanessa Kirby

Rosie Cavaliero

Ron Cook

David Tennant

Paul Ready

Adam James

Carl Prekopp

Johnny Flynn

James Lailey

Naomi Frederick

Peter Hamilton Dyer

Don Gilet

Christine Absalom

Harry Livingstone

Joe Sims

Tracy Wiles

Roger Goula

Jessica Dromgoole

Drama on 3: Episode 2: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Episode 2

Episode 2: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's tragic love story, with Trystan Gravelle and Vanessa Kirby as the lovers.

Shakespeare's tragic love story. With Trystan Gravelle and Vanessa Kirby as the lovers and David Tennant as the Prince.

Shakespeare's quick-witted summer tragedy, with Trystan Gravelle and Vanessa Kirby as the lovers, and David Tennant as the Prince. In a town full of hatred, where the streets ring with the Capulet Montague feud, and swords are too easily drawn, Romeo and Juliet find each other, and love, and never let go.
 

Cast

Romeo ..... Trystan Gravelle
Juliet ..... Vanessa Kirby
Nurse ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Friar Laurence ..... Ron Cook
Prince Escalus ..... David Tennant
Mercutio ..... Paul Ready
Benvolio ..... Adam James
Tybalt ..... Carl Prekopp
Paris ..... Johnny Flynn
Capulet ..... James Lailey
Lady Capulet ..... Naomi Frederick
Montague ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Balthasar ..... Don Gilet
Apothecary ... Christine Absalom
Gregory ..... Harry Livingstone
Sampson ..... Joe Sims
Prologue ..... Tracy Wiles

Music, Roger Goula
Sound Design, Colin Guthrie

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast in 2012.

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