Will Shakespeare

Alternative title: Invention, An
Synopsis: Televised studio production of play originally written for the stage by British playwright and novelist Winifred Ashton whose nom de plume was Clemence Dane (1888-1965).
The plot links Shakespeare and the ‘Dark Lady’ of the sonnets with the mysterious death of Shakespeare’s fellow dramatist, Christopher Marlowe.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Notes: According to Val Gielgud, Head of BBC Television Drama from 1949-1952, this production inaugurated Sunday televising before the war. Cf. ‘New Plays for Drama Festival’, Radio Times, 28 July 1950, p. 36.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)