Bard on the Box | Eartha Kitt – Singer and Actress
The Tempest
Celebrity Shakespeare devotees join members of the public to recite some of Shakespeare’s best-known and best-loved speeches and sonnets. This reading is by Eartha Kitt. Shown as part of Shakespeare Fortnight.
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- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 1'05''
- Broadcast date: 1994
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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