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“To be or not to be?”
We shall be talking later in the program to Hamlet, prince of Denmark about his crisis of conscience. Also on tonight’s show:-
“A horse, a horse - my kingdom for a horse!”
What would have had we ask, if Richard the Third had got his wish? Would it radically have changed our perception of the past and our direction in the future? Stayed tuned as discuss this with experts.
“The ides of March have come soothsayer.”
“Aye Caesar but not gone.”
If Julius Caesar had listened to and acted upon these prophetic words, would he still be here today?
“But soft, what light from yonder window shines? Tis the east and Juliet is the sun!”
Star-crossed lovers. Professor Brian Johnston discusses the difficulty of relationships, in a cold climate of hatred and suspicion. We compare the situation of the Montagues and Capulets with another well known set of feuding families, the Hatfields and McCoys, later in the show.
“There are more things in heaven and Earth.”
We talk to noted parapsychologist, Erwin Rommel, about the possibility of life after death.
“Out, out damned Spot!”
The problems of raising a puppy. Much ado about nothing? We ask Lady McBeth her opinion.
In the Desdemona murder case, police are anxious to locate the chief suspect’s best friend. If you have any information about the whereabouts of a gentleman named Iago, please get in touch with Crime Stoppers on the usual number.
Talking of crime, we are into the third day of the trial, of Shylock versus Antonio, the former requiring his pound of flesh for a substantial debt owed to him. We are now going over live to the courthouse, where our court reporter Simon Jones is listening to the plaintiff, summing up his argument.
“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge?”
Powerful stuff! More on this in tomorrow’s program.
Late news: a ship has been lost off the coast of Italy, carrying the King of Naples and the ex-duke of Milan. Search and rescue are not hopeful of finding survivors but there is a faint chance that they might find landfall on a small island reputed to exist in the vicinity.
That rounds up all the news we have for you today. My colleague, Justin Hayward, will keep you updated through the night in bulletins, on developments in these and other stories but from me and the team here in the studio, it’s goodnig
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