SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

US television production with Charlton Heston as Macbeth.

Series

Westinghouse Studio One

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Transmission details

22 Oct 1951 (Channel: CBS)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Franklin Schaffner

Producer

Worthington Miner

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Charlton Heston	Macbeth
Judith Evelyn	Lady Macbeth
Darren McGavin	Macduff
Michael Jay	Fleance

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The cataloguing record from UCLA records that commercials during the transmission included the announcement - "Crusade for Freedom. Needs your help to build more freedom radio stations in Europe and the far East. Your contribution will make you a soldier in the Cold War against Communist lies’.

Bowling Green State University hold a typescript.

History

Season 4, episode 6.

Reviews

Reviewed by Jack Gould in New York Times (24 October 1951), Gould wrote ‘a striving for unique pictorial composition which defeated its own ends because the viewer was so abundantly conscious of camera movement’.

Production Company

Name

CBS Television

Sponsor

Name

Westinghouse Electronic Corporation

Archive

Name

Paley Center for Media

Web

http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(212) 621-6600

Address

25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA

Notes

Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window

Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA