That Hamlet was a Good Boy
- Synopsis
- Radio drama. A mother announces to her son that his father is dead and his uncle will take over the glass factory business. The narrator quotes Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to be speech’ and tells the audience that the story to unfold will contain many Hamlet references.
- Series
- Cbs Radio Mystery Theatre
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 25 Jun 1975 (Channel: CBS)
- Duration
- 60 mins
Credits
- Director
- Himan Brown
- Writer
- Fielden Farrington
- Cast
Will MacKenzie Doug (Hamlet) Grace Matthews Gertrude Jennifer Harmon Phyliss (Ophelia)
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William; Mystery
Notes
- Notes
- Available from Original Old Radio as CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER. Vol. 6.
- Reviews
- Michael P. Jensen in ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 522, entry 2204) gives fuller details of the plot and believes that the broadcast has ‘striking parallels’ with HAMLET GOES BUSINESS (1987).
Production Company
- Name
CBS Radio
Online Retailer
- Name
originaloldradio.com
- Web
- http://www.originaloldradio.com External site opens in new window
- Address
- PO Box 522
Berea
KY 40403-0522
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "That Hamlet was a Good Boy". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67422 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)