Drama on 3: Orlando

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Orlando

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Orlando

A bold and inventive re-imagining of the Virginia Woolf classic.

A bold and inventive re-imagining of Virginia Woolf's Orlando by poets Amanda Dalton, Caroline Bird, Zena Edwards, Karen McCarthy Woolf and Hannah Silva.

Virginia Woolf's Orlando re-imagined by five poets

An exhilarating, inventive, comedic odyssey spanning four centuries. A journey of self-discovery and transformation, unravelling gender expectations, identity and sexuality.

Chapter 1 & 6: by Amanda Dalton
Chapter 2: by Caroline Bird
Chapter 3: by Zena Edwards
Chapter 4: by Karen McCarthy Woolf 
Chapter 5: by Hannah Silva


ORLANDO.....Emma Frankland
OAK TREE.....Claire Benedict
QUEEN ELIZABETH I / THE BLACKAMOOR.....Nina Sosanya
MRS GRIMSDITCH.....Kate Rutter
EUPHROSYNE / SASHA / MAID.....Natalie Grady
NICHOLAS GREEN / CAPTAIN.....Rupert Hill
GRACE......Leonie Elliott
RUSTUM / NARRATOR.....Stephen Marzella
SHELMERDINE/ BOW STREET RUNNER .....Cesare Taurasi

Directed by Nadia Molinari

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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