SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of the play arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. With Godfrey Tearle and Edith Evans in the title roles. Incidental music composed and conducted by Richard Austin.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

11 Feb 1934 at 17:32 (Channel: BBC National Service)

Duration

124 mins

Availability

No archive copy known.

Credits

Producer

Peter Creswell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Richard Austin

Cast

Godfrey Tearle	Mark Antony
Edith Evans	Cleopatra
Ronald Simpson	Octavius Caesar
Robert Farquharson	Enobarbus
Arthur Evans	Soothsayer
Barry Ferguson	Mardian
Carleton Hobbs	Dolabella
Cyril Nash	Philo
Douglas Ross	Demetrius
Edgar B. Skeet	Countryman
Eric Anderson	Thidias
Eric Berry	Scarus
Eric Dance	Lepidus
Hermione Gingold	Iras
James Tovey	Alexas
Janet Taylor	Octavia
Matthew Boulton	Agrippa
Matthew Boulton	Proculeius
Noel Dryden
Norman Shelley	Eros
Pascoe Thornton	Canidius
R. Brookes-Turner
Rosalinde Fuller	Charmian
Theodore Smythe	Taurus
Tony Hankey	Diomedes
Tony Hankey	Maecenas

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.

History

Part of a loose series of Shakespeare adaptations broadcast on Sunday evenings on BBC National Programme.

Reviews

'Shakespeare by Wireless’: review in The Times, 12 February 1934, p. 10.
Edith Evans and Godfrey Tearle comment on their respective parts in Radio Times, 9 February 1934, p. 371.
Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)