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Twelth Night Shakespeare Special

Its Twelfth Night so what better time for a Freak Zone Shakespearean Special? Plus Stuart talks to Will Gregory about his soundtrack to the RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Its Twelfth Night so what better time for a Freak Zone Shakespearean Special? Expect prog, jazz, electronica and freakbeat all inspired by the great bard.

There's Peter Sellers doing Richard III, Keith Chegwin singing Macbeth and Hamlet reincarnated as a spaghetti western.

Plus Stuart talks to Will Gregory about his soundtrack to the RSC's new version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sadly though there was no time for Stuart to show you his Bottom.

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Last on

Sun 5 Jan 202520:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • William Walton & Philharmonia Orchestra

    Henry V - Suite 1. Overture:

  • Peter Sellers

    A Hard Day's Night

  • The Fadin' Colours

    (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet

  • Pink Floyd

    Cymbaline

  • Alok Dey & Satyajit Ray

    Love Theme - Sanju and Lizzie

  • Shelagh McDonald

    Ophelia's Song (Version 1)

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Tsurumaru's Flute / Azusa Castle in Ruins

  • Philip Glass

    Lear and the Storm

  • Tubby Hayes

    Wingate's Spot (All Night Long)

  • John Dankworth

    Shall I Compare Thee To A Summers Day (Sonnet 18)

    Performer: John Dankworth. Author: William Shakespeare. Singer: Cleo Laine.

  • John Cale

    Macbeth

  • Will Gregory

    Threatening Bass

  • Will Gregory

    Globes and Bubbles

  • Tim Sutton & Royal Shakespeare Company

    Riot

  • Royal Shakespeare Company & Paddy Cunneen

    The Abbess Emilia

  • Emily Johnstone, Tim Sutton & Royal Shakespeare Company

    Under the Greenwood Tree

  • Third Ear Band

    Overture

  • Third Ear Band

    Fleance (feat. Keith Chegwin)

  • Louis and Bebe Barron

    Main Titles (Overture)

  • Michael Nyman Band

    Prospero's Magic

  • The Young Scamels

    Full Fathom Five (They Father Lies)

  • Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks

    Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs - Full Fathom Five

  • Michael Gibbs

    Sonnet

  • Francesco De Masi

    Tema Di Johnny

  • Johnny Hallyday

    Le Spectre du Roi

  • John’s Children

    Midsummer's Night Scene

  • Ottilie Patterson

    Sonnet No. 8

  • Derek Smith & Guy Woolfenden

    When Daffodils Begin To Peer

  • Tony Joe White

    Othello, Pt. 1

  • Robin Williamson

    Lady Macbeth

  • Meic Stevens

    Yorric

  • Aka Pygmy Singers

    Dikoboda Sombe

    • Aka Pygmy Music.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Jan 202520:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music