SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Interview with Shakespeare

Synopsis

Radio broadcast exploring who wrote Shakespeare’s plays, a question answered by asking Shakespeare himself. The host is Dr Frank C. Baxter of the University of Southern California and Shakespeare is played by Ben Wright.

Series

Cbs Radio Workshop

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

24 Feb 1956 at 20:30 (Channel: CBS)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Director

William Froug

Writer

William N. Robson

Contributor

Frank C. Baxter

Cast

Ben Wright	William Shakespeare
Hans Conried	Christopher Marlowe
Jay Novello	Francis Bacon
Ramsey Hill	Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
William Conrad	Richard Burbage

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Authorship

Notes

General

The CBS Radio Workshop called "radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination" was an experimental radio show and varied in its genre. It was modelled after its predecessor, The Columbia Workshop, and had many of the same writers and directors.

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. 581, entry 2653).

Production Company

Name

CBS Radio

Online Retailer

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