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Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story

Some of the best-known love poems are weaved together to create a fresh contemporary story told by four lovers.

Twenty love poems are weaved together to create a fresh and original story set in contemporary Britain.

Including Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day and My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun, four lovers show us how Shakespeare’s words, with their raw emotion and feeling, are as relevant today as they were more than 400 years ago. The four narrators’ relationships are at different stages, from falling in love to moving on.

Featuring EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis along with Eloka Ivo, Eben Figueiredo and Ioanna Kimbook.

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43 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Oct 2023 20:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator 1 Eloka Ivo
Narrator 2 Rose Ayling-Ellis
Narrator 4 Ioanna Kimbook
Narrator 3 Eben Figueiredo
Lover 1 Josef Hyland
Lover 2 William Gint
Lover 3 Amber Lowe
Lover 4 Nikita Sharma
Director Alice Johanessen
Producer Julie Colman
Writer Grant Black
Music Billy Lambert
Editor Chloe Hardwick
Executive Producer Grant Black

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