SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Donald McWhinnie and Frank Hauser. With Sebastian Shaw in the title role.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

22 Oct 1950 at 18:30 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

135 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Producer

Donald McWhinnie; Frank Hauser

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Radio

Frank Hauser

Cast

Sebastian Shaw	Caius Martius Coriolanus
Mary O’Farrell	Volumnia
John Laurie	Tullus Aufidius
Robert Farquharson	Menenius Agrippa
Baliol Holloway	Cominius
Anthony Jacobs
Bryan Powley
David Kossoff
Denise Bryer
Duncan McIntyre
Eric Anderson
Eric Lugg
Frank Duncan
Gladys Spencer
Grizelda Hervey	Valeria
Harold Scott	Sicinius Velutus
Harry Hutchinson
Ian Catford
Joan Matheson
Margaret Vines
Michael Godfrey
Michael Ripper
Nicolette Bernard	Virgilia
Peter Jones (2)	Junius Brutus
Richard Hurndall
Robert Urquhart
Stanley Groome
Valentine Dyall	Titus Lartius

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Coriolanus

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Owing to a strike by the printing industry, Radio Times was not printed for two weeks in October. The transmission time for the original broadcast is based on the transcript of the production held at the BBC Central Library. All other credit information given is based on the repeat broadcast of the production, transmitted on 14/11/1950 at 20:35.

History

Broadcast in two parts with a fifteen-minute interval of music performed by the Pasquier String Trio.
Repeat broadcast on 14/11/1950.

Textual information

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

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)