Shakespeare the Man
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. In this episode of the weekly literary series, Anthony Burgess talks about his fictional biography on Shakespeare’s love life.
- Series
- Life and Letters
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 19 Apr 1964 at 02:15 (Channel: BBC World Service)
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Availability
- Unknown
Credits
- Contributor
- Anthony Burgess
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Keywords
- biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Anthony Burgess’ novel Nothing Like the Sun was due to be published in the same month (April 1964) this programme was broadcast.
- General
- The novel’s title refers to the first line of Sonnet 130: "My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun."
- History
- First of several episodes of the Life and Letters series devoted to Shakespeare and transmitted as part of the quatercentenary celebrations of the General Overseas Service.
- Textual information
- Anthony Burgess’ talk ‘In search of Shakespeare the man’ was published in The Listener Shakespeare birthday number, Vol. 51, 23 April 1964, p. 670.-671.
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare the Man". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69226 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)