How to stage Shakespeare on air and bring the text to life without the benefit of set, costumes, choreography and all the physical business of a theatrical performance? That’s the question faced by drama directors on radio, and Emma Harding in particular whose adaptation of The Merchant of Venice was broadcast last Sunday on Radio 3.
Kate Chisholm
All the world’s a stage | 26 April 2018
'I didn't want the audience to forget the cruelty': Kate Chisholm interviews director Emma Harding on adapting Merchant of Venice for Radio 4

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