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'Great Desire I Had, The’: Shakespeare and Italy

Synopsis
Radio play written by Henry Reed and produced for broadcasting by Douglas Cleverdon. Set in Italy in 1593, this dramatic speculation sends William Shakespeare (Marius Goring) to Ferrara, Verona, Padua, Venice, and Mantua in the early 1590s and has him involved with a brilliant commedia dell’arte troupe, the Gelosi. Narrated by Henry Reed.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Availability
Unknown
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
biographies; Commedia dell’Arte; Italy; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Producer
Douglas Cleverdon
Writer
Henry Reed
Contributor
Henry Reed
Cast
Arthur Young 
Carleton Hobbs 
David Page 
David Spenser 
Diana Maddox 
Flora Robson 
Frank Duncan 
Henry Reed 
Jeremy Spenser 
John Phillips 
Marius Goring 
Neville Hartley 
Vida Hope 

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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