SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of the play produced and arranged by Howard Rose. With Malcolm Keen as Richard and Cathleen Nesbitt as Queen Elizabeth.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

17 Nov 1935 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Radio

Howard Rose

Cast

Fanny Wright	Duchess of York
Robert Harris	George, Duke of Clarence
Albert Chevalier
Anthony Quayle
Beverley Robinson
Carl Bernard	Duke of Buckingham
Cathleen Nesbitt	Queen Elizabeth
Dorothy Holmes-Gore	Queen Margaret
Ernest Borrow
Frederick Sargent
Frith Banbury
George Cross
Henry Hepworth
J. B. Rowe
John Boxer
John Miller
Joyce Moore
Kynaston P. Reeves
Laidman Brown	Lord Hastings
Malcolm Keen	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Michael Dyne	Earl of Richmond
Philip Thornley
Rudolph de Cordova
S. J. Warmington	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Stanley Howlett	Sir William Catesby
Stanley Howlett
Stella Patrick Campbell	Lady Anne
Vincent Sternroyd

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Richard III

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, Radio Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)