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Welcome to All The World's A Stage, the dementia-friendly podcast from Capital Theatres. Presented by journalist Willy Gilder, now living with dementia, each episode showcases a different interest of a member of the dementia-friendly community in conversation with Capital Theatres. From scripts to spotlights, tea dances to technical, join Willy as he ventures into the beating heart of theatreland while finding out what measures are being taken to ensure Capital Theatres remains open and accessible to all.

The young king of Navarre and three of his courtiers have vowed to lock themselves away for three years of study and fasting, and to forswear the company of women for this period. No sooner is their vow made than it is tested, however, as the princess of France and three of her ladies arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission. The young men fall instantly and hopelessly in love, and the tension between their vow and their passion forms the subject of this charming and sparkling early comedy.

A BBC Radio 4 play about the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 11 December 2008 (and repeated on 9 December 2010). Facing financial ruin, George was obliged by his father, George III, to marry his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick...