Bard on the Box | Rt Hon Neil Kinnock MP
Sonnet 29
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 Neil Kinnock MP. Shown as part of Shakespeare Fortnight.
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- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 1'19''
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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