SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A modern dress production set in Fascist Germany. Filmed on a primitive set, heavily cut, and with cutaway shots which reveal cameramen crouching in the wings. Originally broadcast on Westinghouse Studio One (CBS Television) on June 11 1951. Richard Greene as Coriolanus and Judith Evelyn as Volumnia.

Series

Westinghouse Studio One

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television; Video

Year of release

1986

Transmission details

11 Jun 1951 at 22:00 (Channel: CBS)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Paul Nickell

Producer

Worthington Miner

Production Design

Richard Rychtarick

Adaptor for Television

Worthington Miner

Cast

Richard Greene	Caius Martius Coriolanus
Judith Evelyn	Volumnia
Murray Matheson	Menenius Agrippa
Fredric Worlock	Cominius
Howard Freeman	Junius Brutus
Richard Purdy	Sicinius Velutus
Sally Chamberlin	Virgilia
Tom Poston	Sentry

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

1930s

Plays

Coriolanus

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Television drama

Notes

History

Transmitted in Season 3, episode 42.

Reviews

Jack Gould, reviewing the programme in The New York Times (17 June 1951) noted ‘A constructive evening, albeit not a very exciting one’.
Johnson, Samuel Frederick. ‘Shakespeare without Ear - The Protest of a Professor’, Theatre Arts 35.10 (Oct. 1951), pp. 38-39.

Production Company

Name

Video Images

Sponsor

Name

Westinghouse Electronic Corporation

Archive

Name

Birmingham Shakespeare Library

Email

arts.library@birmingham.gov.uk

Web

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Phone

0121 303 4227

Fax

0121 464 1005

Address

Birmingham Central Library
Arts Language and Literature
Chamberlain Square
BIRMINGHAM
B3 3HQ
United Kingdom

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email

reference@folger.edu

Web

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Phone

(202) 544 4600

Fax

(202) 544 4623

Address

201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

Web

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