SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

In this radio programme Derek Jacobi, who played Hamlet in the BBC TV production, gives a personal introduction to the play. He examines the many interpretations of a role that has been regarded as the pinnacle of an actor’s career.

Series

Prefaces to Shakespeare

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

18 May 1980 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Contributor

Derek Jacobi

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

actors; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Hamlet (character); Jacobi, Derek

Related items

Hamlet

Hamlet

Notes

Notes

An audio clip of the programme is available on the BBC Archive website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8519.shtml?all=2&id=8519 (accessed 1/2010). Duration is here given as 20 minutes 52 seconds.

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.

Reviews

Source: Source: The Times, BBC Archive (http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive)

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8519.shtml?all=2&id=8519

Online format

Streamed

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

BBC Archive

Web

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