Benjamin Zephaniah

My Own Shakespeare by BBC

May 16, 20122:03Arts

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah chooses the final speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream as the piece of Shakespeare that inspires him most. Reader: Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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