Hamlet

Synopsis
Radio production of the play adapted and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Leslie Howard in the title role.
Series
World Theatre
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Availability
No copy extant
Notes
The production was criticised for ‘faulty cutting’ , especially for the omission of single lines in important speeches, such as Polonius tragical-historical speech. The listener’s criticism and the producer’s response can be found in Radio Times, 21 January 1938, p. 9.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Producer
Barbara Burnham
Writer
William Shakespeare
Adaptor for Radio
Barbara Burnham
Cast
Alec Clunes 
Anthony Quayle 
Basil Radford 
Bromley Davenport 
David King-Wood 
Ernest Jay 
Francis de Wolff 
Freda Jackson 
Geoffrey Wincott 
Hermione Hannen 
John Abbott 
John Glyn-Jones 
Leslie Howard 
Olga Lindo 
Richard Watson 
William Devlin 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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