My Music with John Bell
Classical music has been a lifelong passion of the veteran actor. He reveals how a chance invitation shaped his taste in music forever.
Classical music has been a lifelong passion of the veteran actor. He reveals how a chance invitation shaped his taste in music forever.
A physical, fast-moving staging of Shakespeare's comedy but one that seems reluctant to allow laughter at the expense of its characters.
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