Twelfth Night
- Synopsis
- Radio adaptation of Twelfth Night by Carl Ritchie of Angus L. Bowmer’s stage production for the 1959 Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Jensen (op cit) notes that the broadcast was made as part of Oregon’s 100th anniversary as a state and the OSF was aked to produce a show that brought together Queen Elizabeth, British explorers and Shakespeare. Ritchie wrote Mask of the New World in response to this commission, and excerpts are included in this broadcast.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 13 Aug 1959 (Channel: NBC)
- Duration
- 24 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy found (2007).
Credits
- Director
- Andrew C. Love
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Adaptor for Radio
- Carl Ritchie
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Oregon Shakespeare Festival
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. 573, entry 2602).
Production Company
- Name
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Contact
- Archivist
- archives@osfashland.org
- Web
- http://www.osfashland.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 541 482 2111
- Address
- 15 S Pioneer Street
Ashland
Oregon 97520
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67641 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)