SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio broadcast on an excerpt from the play which - as cast list and title suggest - focuses on Act V. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.

Series

Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

4 Jun 1944 at 16:30 (Channel: BBC General Forces Programme)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Leslie Stokes

Adaptor for Radio

Herbert Farjeon

Cast

John Ruddock	Touchstone
Alan Wheatley
Eileen Beldon	Audrey
Felix Irwin
Graham Morland
Helen Burns
Lydia Sherwood

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Radio scripts of all the original 18 episodes in the series are being held at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.

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

Episode 12 of the series. The programme was also transmitted on the External Service on the following dates and regions:
06 June 1944 - African
07 June 1944 - Pacific
08 June 1944 - N. American

Textual information

A script of a repeat of this production broadcast with a different cast is part of the Shakespeare Collection at the Birmingham Central Reference Library. It was broadcast on the Home Service on 14/4/1946. Doulas Cleverdon is here credited as producer, with Richard Goolden as Touchstone and Vida Hope as Audrey.

Reviews

Annotated radio scripts of all the 18 episodes in the series are being held at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)