SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio adaptation of Sir Thomas More, a play attributed to Shakespeare, Dekker, and others, adapted for radio by Ormerod Greenwood and produced by Michael Bakewell. With Michael Hordern in the title role.

Series

Shakespeare Apocrypha, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Recording date

25 Oct 1956

Transmission details

28 Oct 1956 at 15:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

105 (incl. interval)

Availability

Unknown

Credits

Producer

Michael Bakewell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Radio

Ormerod Greenwood

Cast

Allan McClelland	First Player
Brewster Mason	Earl of Shrewesbury
Bunny May	Vanity
Charles Hodgson	Young Betts
Denis Goacher	Randall
Denis McCarthy	John Lincoln
Dudy Nimmo	Margaret
Edward Jewesbury	Sir Thomas Palmer
Eric Anderson	Justice Suresby
Gerald Blake	George Betts
Haydn Jones	Morris
James Thomason	Erasmus
Janette Richer	Cecily
Jeffrey Segal	Lifter
John Graham	Gough
Madeleine Christie	Lady Mayoress
Malcolm Hayes	Francis de Barde
Marjorie Westbury	Doll Williamson
Mary Morrell	Poor Woman
Mary O’Farrell	Lady More
Michael Hordern	Sir Thomas More
Michael Woolley	Inclination
Morris Sweden	First Warder
Owen Berry	Lord Mayor
Patrick Godfrey	Roper
Peter Neil	Williamson
Robert Sansom	Fisher, John
Roderick Cook	Wit
Roger Snowdon	Faulkner
Thomas Dekker
Trevor Martin	Sherwin
William Eedle	Harry
William Squire	Earl of Surrey

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Dekker, Thomas (c.1572-c.1632); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Rehearsals: 21/10/956-25/10/1956

History

Third in a series of Third Programme productions of lesser known plays that have been attributed to Shakespeare in whole or in part.

Textual information

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

Reviews

Source: Radio Times, The Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)