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Shakespeare Retold

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Shakespeare’s plays inspire a collection of stories by leading children’s writers.

Ten of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays become the inspiration for a collection of stories by leading children’s writers and read by some famous voices.

Ten of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays become the inspiration for a collection of stories by leading children’s writers and read by some famous voices. Writers include Frank Cottrell Boyce, Pamela Butchart and Jamila Gavin; readers include Simon Callow, Shirley Henderson and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Shakespeare Retold: The Tempest: The Isle of Noises

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The Tempest: The Isle of Noises

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A Frank Cottrell-Boyce story inspired by The Tempest. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

We meet a 'real-life' shipwrecked sailor, who has a chance encounter with Shakespeare outside the Blackfriars Theatre. He goes on to help stage one of his plays and even appears to inspire some of Caliban's famous lines in The Tempest...
A Frank Cottrell-Boyce story inspired by The Tempest. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

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