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Sonnets in the City

Lee Mattinson

Chiu-Yu Chou

Will Ash

Kevin Hely

Luke Bailey

Verity Henry

Maxine Peake

Nadia Molinari

Sonnets in the City: Episode 4: Tongue

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Episode 4

Episode 4: Tongue

Tongue

BBC Radio 3 - Sonnets in the City, Tongue

Lee Mattinson's drama in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 140, with music by Chiu-Yu Chou.

In response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 140, Lee Mattinson's drama about a man trying to find his way home from a nightclub, pursued by a talking tongue. Reader: Maxine Peake.

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.

The fourth drama in the series 'Tongue' is a response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 140 written by Lee Mattinson with music composed by Chiu-Yu Chou. 
It's 3am, the height of the mistake-making hour, and in a sweat-drenched club Noel has bitten off someone's tongue. Consumed by jealousy and rage, Noel tries to find his way home, which isn't so easy when you are blind, high on drugs and being pursued by a talking tongue.

Sonnet 140 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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