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Sonnets in the City

Esther Wilson

Aaron Parker

Maxine Peake

Jodie Comer

Eileen O'Brien

Pauline Harris

Sonnets in the City: Episode 3: After Sunset Fades

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Episode 3: After Sunset Fades

After Sunset Fades

BBC Radio 3 - Sonnets in the City, After Sunset Fades

Short contemporary drama in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 73. With Maxine Peake.

Esther Wilson's drama in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet No 73. At night in Manchester a girl plans to end her life, though an old lady has other ideas. Reader: Maxine Peake.

Sonnets In The City - After Sunset Fades
by Esther Wilson with music composed by Aaron Parker

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. Midnight in Manchester. An enigmatic exploration of the breadth and fire of life. Old and young collide, as an adolescent girl wants to end her life and an old lady has other plans.

Sonnet 73 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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