Martha Kearney

My Own Shakespeare by BBC

May 21, 20122:32Arts

Broadcaster Martha Kearney chooses an Oberon speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2 Scene 1) as the piece of Shakespeare that has inspired her most. Reader: Don Warrington.

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