SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of the play produced and adapted by C. A. Lewis. With Laura Cowie as Cleopatra, Cecil Ramage as Antony and Douglas Burbidge as Caesar. V.C. Clinton Baddeley acts as narrator. The incidental music is composed by Victor Hely-Hutchinson who also directs the Special String Orchestra.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

16 Jul 1930 at 21:47 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

117 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Producer

Cecil A. Lewis

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Victor Hely-Hutchinson

Adaptor for Radio

Cecil A. Lewis

Cast

Cecil Ramage	Mark Antony
Laura Cowie	Cleopatra
Douglas Burbidge	Octavius Caesar
Andrew Churchman
Ben Webster
Cyril Nash
Ernest Digges
Esther Coleman
George Ide
Harald Colonna
Harman Grisewood
Herbert Lugg
Hilda Bruce-Potter
Jessica Tandy
Leslie Banks
Leslie Perrins
Marcus Barron
Philip Cunningham
Philip Wade
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
Wilfrid Babbage

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Radio Times lists cast and dramatis personae in separate columns.

History

Second broadcast on 17/7/1930 transmitted on London Regional at 20:50.

Reviews

Source: BBC Programme Records 1929-1932, Radio Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)