Learning on ScreenWill Shakespeare of Stratford
- Synopsis
- Radio play about Shakespeare written by Lawrence du Garde Peach for the BBC Children’s Hour programme. According to the Radio Times programme description, the plot encompasses both young Shakespeare’s escapades in Stratford-upon-Avon and an older Shakespeare’s meeting with Burbage and Queen Elizabeth in London. The play seems to have been specifically commissioned for this broadcast. The part of Shakespeare is divided between two different performers with Robert Harris playing young Shakespeare and Robert Holland as the older playwright.
- Series
- Children’s Hour, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Notes
- The broadcast of the radio play was followed by a fifteen-minute transmission of ‘Shakespeare Songs’ sung by the BBC Midland Singers with Edgar Morgan as conductor.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- biographies; children’s drama; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Children’s radio
Credits
- Producer
- Derek McCulloch
- Writer
- Lawrence du Garde Peach
- Cast
Dick Spender E. Stuart Vinden Helmar Fernback John Lang Mavis Walker Robert Harris Robert Holland Valerie Larg William Hughes William Warren
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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