As You Like It

Synopsis: Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Michael Redgrave as Orlando and Edith Evans as Rosalind. The incidental music was specially recorded by a flute quartet with the solo lute played by Diana Poulton.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Recording date: 8 Sep 1944
Transmission details: 8 Sep 1944 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
Duration: 180 (incl. interval)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Adaptor for Radio

Herbert Farjeon

Cast

Notes: This seems to be the earliest full-length BBC Shakespeare production to have survived.
Robert Raikes is not credited in the Radio Times listings. This credit information is based on the BBC Programme Catalogue, programme number 27SX4444 .
General: According to the production notes in the transcript of the production, recording took place from 11.00-17:30 on the same day the play was transmitted for broadcasting.
History: The broadcast includes a 20-minute interval for a news and war report at 21:00.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Source: Radio Times

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