The Arts This Week [12/11/1970]

Synopsis

As part of the Radio 3 arts programme broadcast on 12 November 1970, critic Michael Billington speaks to theatre and opera director Jonathan Miller about some of the staging difficulties for a production of Hamlet. Miller uses Freudian analysis to get to the heart of the characters and explains his views on the theme of corruption - both of the person and of the ‘rotten’ state of Denmark - that runs through the play.

Series

Arts This Week, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Year of production

1970

Notes

An audio clip of the programme is available on the BBC Archive website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8513.shtml?all=2&id=8513 (accessed 1/2010). The duration of the Shakespeare-related item is here given as 6 minutes 10 seconds.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Stage directing

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8513.shtml?all=2&id=8513

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Jonathan Miller; Michael Billington

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

BBC Archive

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ External site opens in new window