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Valtemand and Cornelius Are Not Well at All

Synopsis
Radio playwright Alick Rowe’s take on Hamlet which, as the title suggests, pays homage to Tom Stoppard’s stage play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. According to Radio Times programme notes, this is "Hamlet as seen by Shakespeare, as seen by the players, as seen by comedy writer Alick Rowe. The players want to finish their act as quickly as possible, but first they are unwilling witnesses to Polonius’s death and get caught up in the ensuing mayhem. As for Hamlet, he keeps talking to himself" (3-9 June 1995, p. 105).
Series
Saturday Playhouse
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Writer
Alick Rowe
Contributor
Peter Jeffrey
Cast
Bill Wallis 
Bob Docherty 
Carolyn Backhouse 
Charles Simpson 
Christian Rodska 
Cornelius Garrett 
Eric Allen 
Ian Sanders 
John Telfer 
June Barrie 
Moir Leslie 
Richard Derrington 
Richard Pearce 
Simon Carter 
Stephen Thorne (2) 
William Eedle 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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