As You Like It
- Synopsis
- Radio version of Shakespeare’s play, adapted and produced by Peter Creswell with contemporary music arranged and additional settings composed by Julian Herbage. William Fox stars as Orlando, Gwen Frangcon-Davies is Rosalind. Musicians include Rudolph, Natalie, Millicent and Carl Dolmetsch, the Wireless Singers and Diana Poulton (Lute). Julian Herbage conducts.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 11 Mar 1934 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 120 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Creswell
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Julian Herbage
- Contributor
- Julian Herbage
- Adaptor for Radio
- Peter Creswell
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- R.S. Littlewood reviews the broadcast and suggests why it does justice to the play in "'Heavenly Rosalind’ Takes the Air", Radio Times 42:545, 9 March 1934, p. 708.
- History
- Part of a loose series of Shakespeare adaptations broadcast on Sunday evenings on BBC National Programme.
- Reviews
- Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "As You Like It". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69568 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)