Synopsis

Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society. George Rylands plays Antipholus of Syracause and Ephesus and Michael Bates plays both Dromios.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1963

Availability

Out of Distribution (2006)

Credits

Director

George Rylands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Thurston Dart

Cast

George Rylands	Antipholus of Ephesus
George Rylands	Antipholus of Syracuse
Michael Bates	Dromio of Ephesus
Michael Bates	Dromio of Syracuse
Joan Hart	Adriana
Clive Swift	Angelo
Denis McCarthy	Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
Dudley Jones	Doctor Pinch
Janette Richer	Nell/Luce (Luciana)
Lally Bowers	Emilia
Michael Hordern	Egeon
Peter Orr	Balthasar
Prunella Scales	Courtesan
Terrence Hardiman	Merchant

Additional Details

Theatre company

Marlowe Dramatic Society

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Comedy of Errors, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles

Notes

Textual information

The recordings used Dover Wilson’s New Cambridge text.

Reviews

For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Argo

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

Polygram Spoken Word, tel 020 8910 5000

Phone

020 8910 5000

Name

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