Learning on ScreenToday [06/08/2008]
- Synopsis
- In this 5-minute item from a longer programme, presenter Evan Davis hears from theatre critic Michael Billington on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet, starring Doctor Who actor David Tennant. They are joined by Simon Russell Beale, who played Hamlet in 2000, to discuss the merits of actors who are known for their TV work venturing onto the stage.
- Series
- Today
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Notes
- An audio clip of the programme is available on the BBC Archive website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8537.shtml?all=2&id=8537 (accessed 1/2010). The duration of the Shakespeare-related item is here given as 4 minutes and 58 seconds.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- actors; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Hamlet (character); Tennant, David
- Related items
- Hamlet
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hamlet/8537.shtml?all=2&id=8537
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Contributor
- Evan Davis; Michael Billington; Simon Russell Beale
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- 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
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