Night Waves - Radio 3 Sonnets Day Preview

Phillip Dodd previews Radio 3's Sonnets Day, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets. With poet Jo Shapcott, actor and director Sam West and Shakespeare specialist Helen Hackett, who discuss why these 14-line poems have entranced, intrigued and puzzled readers for four centures, as well as examining the life of the sonnet today. Plus a review of the opening night of a new version of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House, in a production that re-sets the story using the backdrop of British politics at the turn of the 21st century. And how do architects create sanctuaries for the dying? Charles Jencks, whose late wife was the founder of Maggie's Cancer Centres talks about his work with Ken Worpole, who's written a new book about the challenges of hospice architecture.