Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, The
- Synopsis
- A recording of Brian Bedford’s one-man show exploring the emotion and psychology behind Shakespeare the man, as well as Shakespeare the playwright. The show was conceived as an actor’s celebration of Shakespeare and as an act of Shakespearean scholarship. A 2 minute audio clip entitled ‘Shakespeare’s Early Life’ (which includes Bedford reciting Don Adriano de Armado’s Spring song from Love’s Labour’s Lost V ii l2835) from the show can be downloaded from the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare (CASP) website http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/audio/m_a_9.cfm
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Audio; Multimedia; Radio
- Year of release
- 2000
- Transmission details
- May 1995 (Channel: CBC Radio)
- Duration
- 95 mins
- Availability
- Sound recording out of distribution (1/2008)
Credits
- Director
- Barbara Worthy
- Writer
- Brian Bedford
- Cast
Brian Bedford
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sound Recordings(Commercial)
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows
Notes
- General
- The performance on the CASP excerpt was recorded before an audience at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcast Centre, Toronto, Canada, March 1995.
- History
- The show was broadcast on CBC’s Bank of montreal Stratford Festival series on June 20 1999 at 22:05 and may be listened to in the CBC Archives.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
CBC Broadcasting Centre Archives
- Address
- 205 Wellington Street West
Toronto
Ontario
Canada MSV 3G7
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66482 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)