Love Lies Sleeping
In the middle of the night, Beppo鈥檚 wife wakes him up to tell him a story. But the night has only just begun. Stars David Acton.
Terry Jones introduces another tasty Renaissance tale.
The 100 stories which make up Giovanni Boccaccio鈥檚 humane and comic masterpiece, come from all over the world.
They are vividly reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes in the cities of Renaissance Italy. But their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern, and their subjects - love, fate, sex, religion, morality - are universal.
'The loves which lead us to disaster'.
In the middle of the night, Beppo鈥檚 wife wakes him up to tell him a story. And his night has only just begun.
Silvestra ..... Laura Molyneux
Beppo ..... Rudi Dharmalingam
Giovanni ..... Joseph Drake
Rinaldo ..... David Acton
Mother ..... Jane Slavin
Adapted by Robin Brooks.
Music arranged and performed by Robert Hollingworth and Paula Chateauneuf.
Lyric translations by Silvia Reseghetti
Script consultant: Guyda Armstrong
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3 in December 2014.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Writer | Giovanni Boccaccio |
| Adaptor | Robin Brooks |
| Performer | Robert Hollingworth |
| Performer | Paula Chateauneuf |
| Silvestra | Laura Molyneux |
| Beppo | Rudi Dharmalingam |
| Giovanni | Joseph Drake |
| Mother | Jane Slavin |
| Rinaldo | David Acton |
| Producer | Jonquil Panting |
| Director | Jonquil Panting |
Broadcasts
Thu 11 Dec 2014 22:45麻豆社 Radio 3- Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:45麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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