Narrator
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale is a British actor, author and music historian. He has appeared in Persuasion (1995), The Young Visiters (2003), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and as Falstaff in the BBC television films Henry IV Part I and Part II (2012) for which he won the 2013 Television BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He was also part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful and has been described by The Independent as ‘the greatest stage actor of his generation’.
Simon’s numerous radio and audiobook recordings include War & Peace, The Trials of Oscar Wilde, and Hamlet, The Tempest and Measure for Measure for the Shakespeare CD Series.