This is a great commentary by Lenny Henry on his love-hate relationship with Shakespeare. Lenny Henry is, of course, the tempermental Gareth Blackstock from the Britcom Chef, also the voice of the shrunken head in the third Harry Potter movie, and reads Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys on audio, among other things. Dame Judi Dench recites Shakespeare beautifully, and doesn't at all mind Lenny Henry ribbing her. There's a bit of a different program that precedes this commentary - lots of the BBC audio does this for some reason. Slog through it and get to the good stuff. And then read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, which has some great displays of Shakespeare's plays. Also check out The Friendly Shakespeare by Norrie Epstein.
P.S. I don't know how long the commentary will be available. The BBC retires Web casts rather quickly.
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