Scenes from Hamlet

Synopsis
Live radio broadcast from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival of Angus Bowmer’s production of Hamlet directed for radio by Andrew C. Love. The production is selected scenes not an abridgement. Michael P. Jensen in ‘Radio’ Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006) notes that NBC broadcast an advertisement for themselves mid-way through the mousetrap scene and George Peppard played Horatio. No other cast members known (2007).
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
7 Aug 1954 (Channel: NBC)
Duration
60 mins
Availability
No archive copy found (2007)

Credits

Director
Andrew C. Love
Adaptor for Radio
William Dawkins
Cast
George Peppard 

Additional Details

Theatre company
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Production Company

Name

NBC

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Scenes from Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67421 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)