SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

As part of the Radio 3 arts programme broadcast on 12 November 1970, critic Michael Billington speaks to theatre and opera director Jonathan Miller about some of the staging difficulties for a production of Hamlet. Miller uses Freudian analysis to get to the heart of the characters and explains his views on the theme of corruption - both of the person and of the ‘rotten’ state of Denmark - that runs through the play.

Series

Arts This Week, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

12 Nov 1970 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)

Duration

50 (total running time)

Credits

Contributor

Jonathan Miller; Michael Billington

Additional Details

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stage directing

Notes

Notes

An audio clip of the programme is available on the BBC Archive website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8513.shtml?all=2&id=8513 (accessed 1/2010). The duration of the Shakespeare-related item is here given as 6 minutes 10 seconds.

History

Jonathan Miller directed Hamlet for the Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge in 1970, where he controversially cut the first scene.

Reviews

Source: The Times, BBC Archive (http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive)

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8513.shtml?all=2&id=8513

Online price

free

Online format

Streamed

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

BBC Archive

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ External site opens in new window