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Michael Maloney, Josette Simon and Anne-Marie Duff star in Shakespeare's most sparkling and optimistic comedy.
BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
The tradition of excellence continues in this fast and funny production of 'Twelfth Night' when all the world is turned on its head and all authority usurped, when by civil misrule girls become boys and women lust after women.
The play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre, and the CD booklet includes a scene-by-scene synopsis, full character analysis, brief biographies of the leading actors and of Shakespeare himself. , as well as an essay from the producer on the interpretation of the play.
Revitalised, original and comprehensive - this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
