School Play, The
- Synopsis
- Radio comedy series. This episode focuses on a school production of Romeo and Juliet. Michael P. Jensen (op cit) observes ‘This truly dreadful program is a strange combination of comedy and soap opera...Between the soap opera sound, the comic energy and the banality of the plot, this is one of the strangest programs described in this book’.
- Series
- Meet the Meeks
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 6 Nov 1948 (Channel: NBC)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Les Weinrodt
- Writer
- Sherman Marks
- Cast
Fran Allison Peggy Meek
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; School productions
Notes
- Reviews
- Jensen, Michael P. ‘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. 561, entry 2511).
Production Company
- Name
NBC
Sponsor
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
otrsite.com
- Contact
- Jerry Haendiges
- jerry@otrsite.com
- Web
- http://www.otrsite.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 562-696-4387
- Fax
- 562-696-4387
- Address
- 1308 Sunset Drive
Whittier
CA 90602
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "School Play, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67602 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)