Adventures in Poetry | Shakespeare’s Sonnet
Sonnet 18
Richard Wilson explores some of the hidden meanings and resonances of Shakespeare's famous and much loved sonnet, and asks: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' Produced by Sara Davies.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Sonnets and Poems
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 27'47''
- Broadcast date: 1999
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
Poetry Please | Sonnet 18 (2005)
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners. Celebrating the BBC's November Shakespeare season, Roger McGough introduces requests for verse by the Bard, including sonnets and excerpts from the plays. These include Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare read by Bonnie Hurren, Come we to the summer by John Clare read by Bill Wallis, The barrel-organ by Alfred Noyes read by David Collins, Watering the flowers by Vernon Scannell read by Bill Wallis, The glory of the garden by Rudyard Kipling read by Bill Wallis, Just in case by Charlotte Mitchell read by Bonnie Hurren, At Grass by Philip Larkin read by Bill Wallis, Fecundity by Ros Barber read by the poet, Strawberries by Edwin Morgan read by Bill Wallis, Going downhill on a bicycle by H. C. Beeching read by David Collins, Bicycles in summer by Elizabeth Jennings read by Bonnie Hurren, Adlestrop by Edward Thomas read by David Collins and Unrest by Ella Wheeler Wilcox read by Bonnie Hurren.
Poetry Please | Sonnet 18 (1996)
Selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners. On Midsummer's Eve, Gareth Owen presents a poetic celebration of the sun and Summer. These include Midsummer Tobago by Derek Walcott read by Josette Simon, The garden by Andrew Marvell read by Josette Simon, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day by William Shakespeare in an archive reading by Bill Wallis, A summer villanella by Wendy Cope read by Josette Simon, The sunne rising by John Donne read by Josette Simon, Watching the sun by Amon Saba Saakana read by Josette Simon, Keep cool by Marcus Garvey read by Josette Simon, Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas in an archive reading by Dannie Abse, Sunlight on the garden by Louis MacNeice in an archive reading by Kathryn Howden and Solar by Philip Larkin read by Josette Simon.