SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for broadcasting in 14 scenes by Barbara Burnham and produced by Howard Rose. With Shayle Garner as Caesar, Ralph Richardson as Antony and Robert Donat as Brutus. Juliua Wolfe plays the harp.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

8 Dec 1933 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

106 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Julia Wolfe

Adaptor for Radio

Barbara Burnham

Cast

Shayle Gardner	Julius Caesar
Ralph Richardson	Mark Antony
Leo Genn	Decius Brutus
Ronald Kerr	Caius Cassius
Fabia Drake	Portia
Adrian Thomas	Murellus
Campbell Fletcher
Dora Barton	Calphurnia
Edward Irwin	Artemidorus
Ernest Borrow
Ernest Cove
Ernest Digges	Casca
G. F. Campbell Browne
George Manship
Gordon Begg
Harold Reese
Hilary Fisher-White
J. Minster
J. Whitmore Humphries	Cinna
John Boxer	Metellus Cimber
Patrick Barr (2)	Trebonius
Robert Donat	Marcus Brutus
Rudolph de Cordova	Soothsayer
Thomas Meddings
Walter Schofield	Flavius

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

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 1933-1935.
Ivor Brown compares the staging of the original production with the radio dramatisation in '"Julius Caesar": From Bankside to B.B.C.', Radio Times, 8 December 1933, p. 723.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)