Pattern Of Painful Adventures, The (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3)

Stephen Wakelam

Apr 2011 · BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Antony Sher, Stephen Critchlow, and Will Keen

About this audiobook

A BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama by Stephen Wakelam on a period in the life of Shakespeare, ‘The Pattern of Painful Adventures’, originally broadcast in the ‘Drama on 3’ slot on 23 November 2008 and repeated on 25 April 2010. Business is going well, but the playwright urgently needs a collaborator for his latest play. His daughter is getting married. His brother has a sick child and is in need of a job. It is 1607 and Shakespeare's life is at a turning point. Starring Antony Sher as William Shakespeare, Will Keen as Jack Robinson and Stephen Critchlow as John Marston. Also included amongst the cast are Chris Pavlo, Helen Longworth, John Rowe, Robert Lonsdale and Joseph Kloska. Produced and directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

About the author

Antony Sher is an acclaimed actor, artist and author. He found fame in a number of roles, including Richard III, Macbeth and Pam Gems' Stanley and was the first actor of his generation to be knighted.