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A Play for the Heart: The Death of Shakespeare

Robert Lindsay, Oliver Chris and Gwilym Lee star in Nick Warburton's new play re-imagining Shakespeare's last day. What do his visitors want? And who is the man with bloody hands?

Playwright Nick Warburton imaginatively recreates what might have happened on Shakespeare's last day, with a series of encounters filtered through his fevered imagination. What do his many visitors want? Who is the pale boy? And the man with bloody hands?
Recorded entirely on location in Mary Arden's farm and touching on all aspects of his life, it's a play about memory and regret, life and art, fidelity and legacy and it gives new insights into the inner life of the greatest writer of all time.

William Shakespeare ..... Robert Lindsay
John Fletcher ..... Oliver Chris
William Harvey ..... Gwilym Lee
Unnamed gentleman ..... James Lailey
Ann ..... Susan Jameson
Susanna Hall ..... Nicola Ferguson
John Hall .....Nick Underwood
Hamnet ..... Sam Bough
Voice ..... Brian Protheroe

Produced and directed by Marion Nancarrow.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Feb 2018 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Writer Nick Warburton
William Shakespeare Robert Lindsay
John Fletcher Oliver Chris
William Harvey Gwilym Lee
Unnamed gentleman James Lailey
Ann Susan Jameson
Susanna Hall Nicola Ferguson
John Hall Nick Underwood
Hamnet Sam Bough
Voice Brian Protheroe
Producer Marion Nancarrow
Director Marion Nancarrow

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Apr 2016 21:00
  • Sun 25 Feb 2018 21:00

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