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Hamlet, Part 2

Summary
1947 BBC live studio production by George More O’Ferrall of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, given in two parts on subsequent Sundays.
Theatre play
Hamlet by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 14 December 1947
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Sets / Settings
Peter Bax
Fight Arranger
Denis Loraine
Cast
Hugh ButtNorwegian Captain
John ByronHamlet
Cyril HardinghamA Gentleman
Hamilton HumphriesSailor
Alan JuddFortinbras
Jay LaurierGravedigger
Patrick MacneeLaertes
D. Hay PetrieGravedigger
Robert RiettyRosencrantz
Frederick RossDoctor of Divinity
Sebastian ShawClaudius
Julian SomersOsric
Patrick TroughtonHoratio
Richard WarnerGuildenstern
Arthur WontnerPolonius

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 8.30pm on Tuesday 16 December 1947.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
Denmark, as theme or setting; murder; royalty

Print sources

Title
Hamlet (Website: database)
Author/creator
BUFVC
Reference
http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av36685
Title
Radio Times, 12 December 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 31; article, p. 29
Title
Radio Times, 26 December 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
'Do You Agree? Critics and Viewers Express Their Opinions on Hamlet’, p. 31

Associated programmes

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