The schedule also includes adaptations of the classic first world war novel 'All Quiet On The Western Front' and the Jacobean tragedy 'The Duchess Of Malfi'.
Sir Antony Sher plays William Shakespeare in 'The Pattern Of Painful Adventures', a new play about Shakespeare's life by Stephen Wakelam.
The play examines Shakespeare's life as his daughter prepares to give birth and his new play Pericles, a collaboration with a brothel owner.
Inspired by the various etchings and paintings including Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch', Michelene Wandor's 'Tulips In Winter' explores the life of the enigmatic philosopher Baruch Spinoza to reveal a tangled web of lives, loyalties, faith and science.
Bafta-winning writer Tony Marchant looks at how the abortion debate has become framed in terms of science, rather than looking at what is best for the woman.
His brand new play, '24 Weeks', explores this controversial subject and will be recorded in front of a live audience at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool in early November.
There's also another chance to hear Radio 3's adaptation of the National Theatre of Scotland's 'Black Watch', the critically acclaimed play based on interviews with troops in Iraq.
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