Sir John in Love
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast of the second and third acts of the new production of the opera by Vaughan Williams relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. The libretto of the opera that was first performed at the Royal College of Music, London, in 1928, is based on The Merry Wives of Windsor. Frederick Grisewood is the narrator for the broadcast, Lawrance Collingwood conducts the Sadler’s Wells Chorus and Orchestra.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 29 May 1946 at 19:40 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 80 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known (1/2008).
Credits
- Producer
- Sumner Austin
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Contributor
- Frederick Grisewood; Lawrance Collingwood
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Historical period
- Medieval
- Plays
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Falstaff
Notes
- General
- In his opera Vaughan Williams retains all the subplots and minor characters from The Merry Wives of Windsor that most librettists have edited out. In order to provide more opportunities for song, he also imported lyrics from elsewhere in Shakespeare, from Ben Jonson, Marlowe and others, adding them to the plot and the characters.
- Reviews
- See Philip Whitacker’s introduction to the broadcast in Radio Times, issue dated May 24, 1946, p. 4, for more information on the opera and its performance history.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Sir John in Love". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37938 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)