Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- A personal introduction to the play and its characters by Frances de la Tour, who played Helena in the 1970 Peter Brook production for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Series
- Prefaces to Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 9 Dec 1981 at 20:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Gordon Hutchings
- Contributor
- Frances de la Tour
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Notes
- History
- The series of radio talks was given as curtain raiser to the transmission of the BBC Television Shakespeare plays.
- Textual information
- The edited transcripts of the radio talks on the individual plays are collected in Roger Sales’ Shakespeare in Perspective , Vols. 1 and 2 (London: Ariel Books/British Broadcasting Corporation), which were published in 1982 and 1985, respectively.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- 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
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night’s Dream, A". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36574 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)