Cymbeline Refinished
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast of G.B. Shaw’s rewriting of Act V of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline (Cymbeline Refinished, 1937). Produced by Wilfrid Grantham. Richard Hutton narrates. With music composed and conducted by Francis Collinson.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 5 Oct 1951 at 20:15 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known
Credits
- Producer
- Wilfrid Grantham
- Writer
- George Bernard Shaw
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Cymbeline
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Literary adaptation
Notes
- Notes
- A BBC recording.
- General
- Shaw’s version consists of a single scene in which he "presents Imogen as a modern woman, Posthumus as a complacent bourgeois, and Guiderius and Arviragus as independent-minded fellows who reject the chance to become Cymbeline’s heirs" ("Cymbeline", Shakespearean Criticism, Vol. 15, Detroit and London: Gale, 1991), p. 2.
- History
- Shaw’s Cymbeline Refinished was first performed at the Embassy Theatre, London, in 1937, where Shaw’s version was substituted in place of Shakespeare’s final act.
Shaw’s Foreword to Cymbeline Refinished had been broadcast on the Third Programme the previous day. A radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was broadcast on the same channel on 30/09/1951 (see separate entries). - Textual information
- George Bernard Shaw. Cymbeline Refinished (Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1937).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Cymbeline Refinished". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67672 (Accessed 06 Dec 2024)