Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The

Alternative title
Sunday Play: The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Synopsis
Radio broadcast. The play dramatised by Stephen Mulrine from Nikolai Leskov’s novel. With Blythe Duff as Katerina and James MacPherson as Sergei.
Series
Operama
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Transmission details
11 Dec 1994 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
105 mins

Credits

Director
Hamish Wilson
Writer
Stephen Mulrine
Cast
Blythe DuffKaterina
James MacphersonSergei
John BuickPostnikov
John YuleKokoshkin/Izmailov
Mary Ann ReidPelagey/Antonova

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
Love’s Labour’s Lost; Macbeth
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
Operema was a series of seven dramas that told the stories behind the music.
Reviews
"... It was just a shame that the play was overshadowed by the New York Metropolitan’s performance of Shostakovich’s opera, broadcast on Saturday night - the effect was like getting surtitles on a 24-hour delay, and the sense of anti-climax was emphasised by having Shostakovich’s music injected at climactic moments, which seemed like an admission that the drama couldn’t work by itself". (Robert Hanks, The Independent 13 December 1994).

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
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Address
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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av75376 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)