SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio play written by Blair (pseudonym for W. W. Blair-Fish), dramatising Shakespeare’s youth in the Midlands.

Series

Wednesday Matinee

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

23 Apr 1947 at 16:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

50 mins

Availability

No archive copy traced

Credits

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Writer

Blair

Cast

Andrew Cruickshank	Richard Burbage
Anthony Marlowe	Shakespeare
David Spenser	Sammy Crosse
Floy Penrhyn	Joan Traill
Franklyn Bellamy	John Nape
Heron Carvic	Sir John Poyntz
J. Hubert Leslie	Anthony Traill
Marjorie Westbury	Hostess
Olive Gregg	Margery Shakespeare
Richard Williams	Jerry Traill
Roger Snowdon	Will Squele
Wilfred Fletcher	Robert Shakespeare
William Trent	John Heminges

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

A script of the play is held at BBC Written Archives, Caversham, Reading. Another production of the play with a different cast was broadcast on BBC Home on June 27, 1948. This transmission was produced by Raymond Raikes, with music for the Elizabethan Jingles selected by Elizabeth Poston.

General

Rehearsals: 22/4/1947-23/4/1947

History

Part of a week of programmes devoted to Shakespeare’s birthday.

Textual information

A script of the play is held at BBC Written Archives, Caversham, Reading.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)