Sunday Feature | The Balcony

Romeo and Juliet

Photographer Alia Aidel and Shakespeare scholar Reverend Paul Edmondson, Islam explores the use of balconies from Romeo and Juliet to Buckingham Palace.

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  • Type: Factual
  • Channel: BBC Radio 3
  • Duration: 2'55''
  • Broadcast date: 2021
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