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Matheson Lang

Synopsis
Radio broadcast. Dramatic critic James Agate reviews Matheson Lang’s career on the English stage. The talk is illustrated with extracts from gramophone records featuring Lang as Othello in Act V ii.
Series
Stars in Their Courses
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Recording date
1 Mar 1933
Transmission details
10 Jun 1933 at 09:20 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
Duration
25 mins

Credits

Writer
William Shakespeare
Contributor
James Agate
Cast
Matheson LangOthello

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Othello
Keywords
actors; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Lang, Matheson (1879-1948)

Notes

Notes
Broadcast on the Daventry National Programme.This production is one of the earliest BBC Shakespeare recordings to have survived.
General
Stars in their Courses consisted of a series of talks devised by dramatic critic James Agate (1877-1947) in 1933, in which he talked about the achievements of famous theatrical actors and actresses in London. The programme would be rounded off with actors’ performances of short scenes from their past successes by way of illustration. These performances would either be recorded live or played from gramophone records.
Reviews
Source: Radio Times, The Times, BBC Archive
BBC catalogue reference: 274.
James Agate writes about his conception of the series in ‘Actors, Past and Present’, Radio Times, 31 March 1933, p. 798.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

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