Shakespeare As an Elizabethan
- Synopsis
- With his talk on the Elizabethan world picture American scholar Professor Hardin Craig, of the University of North Carolina, opens this series of radio programmes that introduces various fields of research within Shakespearean studies.
- Series
- Shakespeare and His World
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 10 Jul 1949 at 20:35 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known
Credits
- Contributor
- Hardin Craig
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- literary criticism; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A BBC recording
- General
- In 1936 Hardin Craig published The Enchanted Glass (New York), a survey of the Elizabethan man’s [sic!] relation to the universe.
- Textual information
- A written version of the broadcast was published by Hardin Craig under the same title in The Listener vol. 42, 21 July 1949, pp. 99-100.
- Reviews
- "The purpose of this series of talks is to indicate in a serious but untechnical form the changed picture of our knowledge of Shakespeare and his world, presented by eminent authorities who have themselves helped to bring this change about" ('New Light on Shakespeare’, Radio Times, 8 July 1949).
Source: The Times, Radio Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare As an Elizabethan". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66743 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)