SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Rosalynde in Arden

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy produced by Peter Creswell and adapted for broadcasting by Dulcima Glasby. With Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Rosalind and Ronald Simpson as Orlando. Music arranged and additional settings composed by Julian Herbage performed by the Dolmetsch Consort of Viols and Recorders and the Wireless Singers.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

15 Aug 1932 at 21:20 (Channel: BBC Regional Programme)

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Producer

Peter Creswell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Julian Herbage

Adaptor for Radio

Dulcima Glasby

Cast

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies	Rosalind
Lila Maravan	Celia
Ronald Simpson	Orlando
Jack Melford	Touchstone
Douglas Ross	Jaques
Alphonse Nolin	Page
Clarence Gold	Page
Edgar B. Skeet	Corin
Ernest Sefton	Charles
Ethel Lodge	Audrey
Evelyn Neilson	Phebe
Felix Aylmer	Duke Senior
Griffith Jones	Forester
Harman Grisewood	Silvius
James Tovey	Le Beau
Malcolm Graeme	William
Neil Curtis	Duke Frederick
Nigel Clarke	Oliver
Patrick Waddington	Amiens
Patrick Waddington	Jaques de Boys
Roland Gillett	Hymen
Roland Gillett	Lord
Rudolph de Cordova	Adam

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Transmitted on London Regional.

History

Second broadcast transmitted on the National Programme on 16/8/1932 at 20:10.

Textual information

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

Reviews

Source: BBC Programme Records 1929-1932, Radio Times, issue dated 12 August 1932.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)