Sir Toby Belch
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast which - as cast list and title suggests - presumably focuses on Act I of the play. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon. With Leslie Stokes as narrator.
- Series
- Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Recording date
- 28 Mar 1946
- Transmission details
- 2 Apr 1946 at 01:30 (Channel: BBC World Service)
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Mary Hope Allen
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Leslie Stokes
- Adaptor for Radio
- Herbert Farjeon
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Cast and credit information given in this entry refers to a repeat of this episode on the BBC External Service (General Overseas Service and African Service) on 2/4/1946.
- General
- According to the programme notes in London Calling, "Mr. Farjeon had always been interested in the big figures among the secondary characters in Shakespeare’s plays. In this series he expands upon their personalities, illustrating his theories by some of the scenes in which these characters appear" (No. 302: 1945, p. 20)
- History
- Last episode in the ‘Radio Theatre’ series originally broadcast on the External Services from 1943-1944. The Bristol Theatre Collection lists the following transmission dates:
21/11/1944 African Service
23/11/1944 North American Service
23/11/1944 Pacific Service
24/11/1944 General Overseas Service
Since no copy of the London Calling overseas listings magazine was available for this date range, this information could not be verified. - Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- Annotated radio scripts of all the 18 episodes in the series are being held at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Sir Toby Belch". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37921 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)