Shakespeare Was a Producer and Actor and, Oh Yes, a Writer
William Shakespeare's writings have influenced culture all over the world for more than four centuries. First of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast:
06 January 2010
VOICE ONE:
I'm Steve Ember.
VOICE TWO:
William ShakespeareAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most influential and skillful writers in the world. For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading, watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
JULIET: "Ay me!"
ROMEO: "She speaks:
O, speak again, bright angel!"
JULIET: "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."
VOICE ONE:
You just heard part of a famous scene from a movie version of "Romeo and Juliet." This tragic play remains one of the greatest, and perhaps most famous, love stories ever told. It tells about two young people who meet and fall deeply in love. But their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are enemies and will not allow them to be together. Romeo and Juliet are surrounded by violent fighting and generational conflict. The young lovers secretly marry, but their story has a tragic ending.
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