Bard on the Box | Germaine Greer – Author and Lecturer

Much Ado About Nothing

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 Germaine Greer. Shown as part of Shakespeare Fortnight.

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