Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide | 4: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide. This edition focuses on love in the human and fairy worlds in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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  • Type: Factual, Plays
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 15'00''
  • Broadcast date: 2016
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