SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play abridged and produced by Howard Rose. With Frederick W. Lloyd in the title role, Marie Ney as Queen Katharine. George Skillan narrates. The music is played by the Lesley Bridgewater Harp Quintet.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

8 Mar 1936 at 17:24 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

96 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Producer

Howard Rose

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Radio

Howard Rose

Cast

Frederick Lloyd	King Henry VIII
Marie Ney	Queen Katherine
Malcolm Keen	Cardinal Wolsey
Sara Jackson	Anne Boleyn
Alan Wheatley	Messenger
Alan Wheatley	Gentleman
Alwyne Whatsley	Earl of Surrey
Alwyne Whatsley	Sir Henry Guildford
Alwyne Whatsley	Scribe
Arthur Burne	Duke of Buckingham
Arthur Keane	Thomas Cromwell
Cecil Fowler	Cardinal Campeius
Clare Harris	Old Lady
Dorothy Tetley
Ewart Scott	Lord Caputius
Ewart Scott
Franklyn Bellamy	Sir Thomas Lovell
George Howe	Sir Nicholas Vaux
George Howe	Griffith
George Skillan	Narrator
Jeanne Garman
John Richmond	Lord Sandys
John Richmond	Gentleman
John Richmond	Crier
Juian D’Albie	Duke of Norfolk
Kynaston P. Reeves	Lord Chamberlain
Mary Allan
Ronald Kerr	Duke of Suffolk
Ronald Kerr	Surveyor
Vivienne Chatterton	Patience

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Henry VIII

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Allan Mary, Dorothy Tetley and Jeanne Garman are credited in BBC Programme Records only.

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)