SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio production of Macbeth directed by Orson Welles. No information on cast known (7/2010).

Series

Columbia Workshop

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

2 May 1937

Duration

60 (2 parts)

Availability

No archive copy or distributor known (7/2010).

Credits

Director

Irving Reis; Orson Welles

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Bernard Herrman

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Mike Jensen (op cit) notes that Welles directed the actors in rehearsal, and Reis worked the timing in the control booth.

History

Broadcast in two parts. Part 2 transmitted 9 May 1937. The www.otrsite.com website gives the date at 28th February 1937. The dates given on this database are taken from Jensen.

Reviews

Jensen, Mike P. ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard ‘U.S. Television’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 538, entry 2336). For an informed and humorous account of the reaction of Bernard Hermann when Welles introduced bagpipes and announced he would conduct the orchestra see Paul Heyer, The Medium and the Magician: Orson Welles, the Radio Years, 1934-1952 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005). p. 47-48.

Production Company

Name

CBS Radio