My Own Shakespeare

Radio Drama at 90 Julius Caesar

The first radio drama, a scene from Julius Caesar, was broadcast 90 years ago. Now performed by...

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Shami Chakrabarti

Lawyer Shami Chakrabarti chooses Isabella's speech from Measure for Measure (Act 2 Scene 2) as...

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Andrew Marr

Broadcaster Andrew Marr chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 5 Scene 3) as the piece of...

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Melvyn Bragg

Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 3 Scene 2) as the piece of...

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Neil MacGregor

British Museum Director Neil MacGregor chooses the opening Chorus from Henry V as the piece of...

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Michael Portillo

Broadcaster Michael Portillo chooses a speech from Troilus and Cressida (Act 3 Scene 3) as the...

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Martha Kearney

Broadcaster Martha Kearney chooses an Oberon speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2 Scene...

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Gyles Brandreth

Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 5 Scene 3) as the piece of...

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Jonathan Dimbleby

Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby chooses a speech from Cymbeline as the piece of Shakespeare that...

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Charles Hazelwood

Conductor Charles Hazelwood chooses a scene from Richard the Third (Act 1 Sc 4)as the piece of...

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Jim Al-Khalili

Scientist Jim Al-Khalili chooses Edmund's speech from King Lear (Act 1 Scene 2) as the piece of...

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Paul Whitehouse

Comedian Paul Whitehouse chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 1 Sc 5) as the piece of Shakespeare...

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Kwame Kwei Armah

Playwright Kwame Kwei Armah chooses a speech from Othello (Act 1 Sc 3)as the piece of Shakespeare...

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Chris Patten

Chris Patten chooses a speech from Coriolanus (Act 5 Sc 4) as the piece of Shakespeare which has...

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Alexandra Harris

Academic and writer Alexandra Harris chooses a speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act 5 Sc 1)...

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Jools Holland

Musician Jools Holland chooses a passage from Henry IV Part 2 (Act 5 Sc 5)as the piece of...

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Stephen Fry

Writer and actor Stephen Fry chooses Mistress Quickly's speech from Henry V (Act 2 Sc 3)on the...

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Stephen Hough

Pianist Stephen Hough chooses ‘Once More Unto the Breach’ from Henry V (Act 3 Sc 1) as the piece...

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Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah chooses the final speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream as the piece of...

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Nicholas Hytner

Director of the National Theatre Nicholas Hytner chooses a scene from Henry IV Part 2 (Act 3 Sc...

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