The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0184  Friday, 9 March 2007

From: 		Kathy Dent <
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Date: 		Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 20:10:46 +0000
Subject: 	Ian Richardson, AL Rowse & the Dark Lady

Three weeks before his death, Ian Richardson recorded a radio play that 
was aired today on BBC Radio 4.  Here's the blurb from the BBC website:

Accolades
By Christopher William Hill

In 1973, at the age of 69, Oxford academic A L Rowse published the work 
that would establish his name internationally. Shakespeare The Man was 
described as 'the first three-dimensional biography of Shakespeare', and 
in its most sensational chapter, Rowse claimed to have decoded 
Shakespeare's sonnets, finally deciphering the true identity of the 
playwright's mysterious Dark Lady.

AL Rowse ...........Ian Richardson
Alex .............. Joseph Kloska
Professor Burnett.. Nigel Anthony
Gillian ........... Stella Gonet
Prosser ........... Sean Barrett

This programme is available to hear on the BBC website for seven days 
following the broadcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/afternoon_play.shtml

Kathy Dent

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