BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the recently formed firm broadcast its initial full-length play, years of actors and producers have got honed and perfected the art of earning Shakespeare to be heard. In this story of evil cunning perverting a once noble mind, radio captures Iago’s sly ideas and boasts to the target audience with shocking clearness. The listener is normally led along an emotional route that grips with fascinating horror until the play’s undoubtedly tragic summary. Revitalised, initial, and comprehensive, that is Shakespeare for the new millennium.