SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

22 Dec 1939 at 21:15 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

60 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Producer

Val Gielgud

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Radio

C. Denis Freeman

Cast

Godfrey Tearle	Macbeth
Cathleen Nesbitt	Lady Macbeth
Charles Lefeaux
Charles Mortimer
Dorothy Tetley
Eliot Makeham
Franklyn Bellamy
Lloyd Pearson
Louis Goodrich
Ronald Kerr
Walter Fitzgerald
William Fazan

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Except for the lead, the actor’s roles were not specified in Radio Times listings.

Textual information

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

Reviews

According to Radio Times programme notes, this radio production was not merely a condensed version of the play: "The aim of C. Denis Freeman, who has arranged it, is to select those scenes that show most vividly the gradual deterioration of character in Macbeth that is the real theme of the play" (8 December 1939, p. 8).

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)