{"product_id":"book-gnba","title":"Decameron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Jones introduces ten dramatisations of choice Florentine Fancies, adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's classic human comedy by the BBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonty Python\u003c\/i\u003e star and medieval historian Terry Jones presents ten BBC Radio dramatisations of tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's humane and comic masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposed in the early 1350s, in the wake of the Black Death, \u003ci\u003eThe Decameron\u003c\/i\u003e comprises 100 short stories from all over the world, reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes of Renaissance Italy. Their universal themes - love, sex, religion, fate, morality - resonate with us to this day, and their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern. Beautifully realised in vivid, vernacular prose, they have become a bedrock of our storytelling tradition, mined ever since by authors from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Keats, Molière and Thomas Mann.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scene is the onset of the Black Death, Italy and a group of seven young women and three young men escape to the countryside to shelter in a secluded villa just outside of Florence in order to escape the Plague. There, they tell each other tales from all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese ten radio retellings are performed by a stellar cast, including \u003cb\u003eJohn Finnemore, Ingrid Oliver, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Streatfeild, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Leonard, Tim McInnerny, Samuel Barnett, Neil Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLouise Brealey, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eTameka Empson\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint Ciappelletto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCiappelletto - \u003cb\u003eColin McFarlane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusciatto - \u003cb\u003eSam Dale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoly Friar - \u003cb\u003eMichael Bertenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Burgundians - \u003cb\u003eMonty d'Inverno \u0026amp; Paul Heath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor - \u003cb\u003eIan Conningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFederigo and His Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFederigo degli Alberighi - \u003cb\u003eJohn Finnemore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonna - \u003cb\u003eIngrid Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena - \u003cb\u003eCarrie Quinlan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeppo - \u003cb\u003eShaun Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiccolo - \u003cb\u003eAdam Thomas Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Elena Blew Hot and Cold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena - \u003cb\u003eLydia Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViolante - \u003cb\u003eElaine Claxton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRinieri - \u003cb\u003eCyril Nri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePyrrhus - \u003cb\u003ePaul Heath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Get It Off Your Chest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZeppa - \u003cb\u003eIan Conningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs Zeppa - \u003cb\u003eHannah Genesius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpinelloccio - \u003cb\u003eShaun Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs Spinelloccio - \u003cb\u003eBettrys Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrator - \u003cb\u003eJude Akuwudike\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Bayonets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMithridanes - \u003cb\u003eSamuel Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan - \u003cb\u003eSam Dale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeggarmaid - \u003cb\u003eBettrys Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sweetest Young Man in Perugia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePietro - \u003cb\u003eTim McInnerny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMadam - \u003cb\u003eHannah Genesius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePandara - \u003cb\u003eJane Slavin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasetto - \u003cb\u003eMonty d'Inverno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErcolano - \u003cb\u003eDavid Acton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusciatto - \u003cb\u003eMichael Bertenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbrogiuolo - \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Streatfeild\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernabo - \u003cb\u003ePaul Ritter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZinevra - \u003cb\u003eLouise Brealey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSultan - \u003cb\u003eJude Akuwudike\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain - \u003cb\u003eShaun Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Job for the Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasetto - \u003cb\u003eNeil Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Donna - \u003cb\u003eTameka Empson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Lisa - \u003cb\u003eRhiannon Neads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHildegard - \u003cb\u003eJane Slavin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuto - \u003cb\u003eSam Dale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteward - \u003cb\u003eMichael Bertenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Lies Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilvestra - \u003cb\u003eLaura Molyneux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeppo - \u003cb\u003eRudi Dharmalingam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiovanni - \u003cb\u003eJoseph Drake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMother - \u003cb\u003eJane Slavin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRinaldo - \u003cb\u003eDavid Acton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Quiet Night in Naples\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndreuccio - \u003cb\u003eGunnar Cauthery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilomena - \u003cb\u003eRoslyn Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScarabone - \u003cb\u003eShaun Mason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeighbour - \u003cb\u003eDavid Acton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLudo - \u003cb\u003ePaul Heath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruno - \u003cb\u003eIan Conningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Lisa - \u003cb\u003eElaine Claxton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Donna - \u003cb\u003eHannah Genesius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 1-12 December 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Giovanni Boccaccio\u003cbr\u003eAdapted by Robin Brooks\u003cbr\u003eMusic arranged and performed by Robert Hollingworth and Paula Chateauneuf\u003cbr\u003eTranslations by Silvia Reseghetti\u003cbr\u003eScript consultant: Guyda Armstrong\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Jonquil Panting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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