The Sounds Of Shakespeare

Live from Radio 3's Pop-Up Studio in the RSC's The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tom Service charts 400 years of magical chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music and sound palate it has given life to over the last 400 years - from Romeo and Juliet to The Tempest.

Part of 'Sounds of Shakespeare' Radio 3's weekend (22-24th April) from Stratford-upon-Avon, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. Radio 3 will be broadcasting music and performance inspired by Shakespeare, live from their pop-up studio at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre and from historic venues across the town.

Tom Service on the chemistry between Shakespeare's language and the music it has created.