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Sonnets in the City

Tom Wells

Tom Coult

Maxine Peake

Luke Newberry

Emily Pithon

Ben Addis

Gary Brown

Sonnets in the City: Episode 1: Baba Ganoush

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Episode 1: Baba Ganoush

Baba Ganoush

BBC Radio 3 - Sonnets in the City, Baba Ganoush

Short contemporary drama in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. With Maxine Peake.

In response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 29, Tom Wells's drama about a waiter who arrives late to the restaurant where he works, finding his boss in a bad mood. Reader: Maxine Peake.

Sonnets In The City - Baba Ganoush
by Tom Wells with music composed by Tom Coult
Five short, edgy contemporary dramas taking place in the city from sunset to sunrise. In collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic five writers team with composers and respond to Shakespeare's most powerful sonnets. Sunset in the city. Lee arrives late for the pop-up restaurant he works in. The boss Bev is waiting for him and is in a foul mood. But Dan is also there and he makes everything alright.

Part of "Sounds of Shakespeare" Radio 3's weekend from Stratford-upon-Avon, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. Radio 3 will be broadcasting music and performance inspired by Shakespeare, live from their pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and from historic venues across the town.

Sonnet 29 read by Maxine Peake.

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Series of dramas written in response to Shakespeare's most powerful sonnets

Series of dramas taking place in the city from sunset to sunrise, in response to Shakespeare's most powerful sonnets. The sonnets are read by Maxine Peake

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