From the London Theatre: Scenes from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

Synopsis: Radio programme featuring extracts from plays in current production at London’s theatres. In this episode, scenes from Robert Atkins’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy for the Ring theatre, London, are performed by Charles Carson, Gwendolene Evans and others. T. Jones sings.
Series: From the London Theatre
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Availability: No copy extant
Notes: The stage production premiered on 27/10/1935 at the Ring, Blackfriars Rd., London, a space which Atkins proposed to use for Sunday evening performances of Shakespeare on a stage that closely resembled the original Elizabethan formation. Cf. ‘The Bankside Players: Elizabethan drama at Blackfriars’, The Times, 25 September 1935, p. 10.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)