SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio adaptation of the play produced by Howard Rose. With Barry Morse in the title role and Sara Jackson as Ophelia.

Series

World Theatre

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

8 Apr 1946 at 19:20 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

100 mins

Availability

No archive copy known (1/2008)

Credits

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Stephen Murray

Cast

Barry Morse	Hamlet
James Dale	Claudius
Lydia Sherwood	Gertrude
John Ruddock	Polonius
Sara Jackson	Ophelia
Andrew Cruickshank	Player (1)
Andrew Faulds	Barnardo
Frank Drew	Marcellus
George Skillan	Ghost
Jay Laurier	First Clown
John Chandos	Rosencrantz
Laurence Payne	Laertes
Meadows White	Francisco
Olaf Pooley	Guildenstern
Philip Morat	Player King
Richard West	Osric
Roderick Lovell	Horatio
Sheila Burrell	Player Queen

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The production was broadcast in two parts (40 and 60 minutes respectively) with 15-minute news interval .

Textual information

A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.

Reviews

A listener wrote the following brief note which was published in the Radio Times ‘Letters’ section two weeks after the broadcast: "Congratulations to Barry Morse on bringing us so finely Hamlet’s essential inwardness of suffering, and realising the macabre comic in moments of extreme mental agony".

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)