Learning on ScreenOthello
- Synopsis
- A personal introduction to the play by Bob Peck, who played Iago in the 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company production. With excerpt performances by Paul Robeson, Paul Scofield, Nicol Williamson and Hannah Gordon.
- Series
- Prefaces to Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 3 Oct 1981 at 16:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Gordon Hutchings
- Contributor
- Bob Peck
- Cast
Paul Scofield Othello Nicol Williamson Iago Hannah Gordon Emilia
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Othello
- Othello
Notes
- History
- The series of radio talks was given as curtain raiser to the transmission of the BBC Television Shakespeare plays.
- Textual information
- The edited transcripts of the radio talks on the individual plays are collected in Roger Sales’ Shakespeare in Perspective , Vols. 1 and 2 (London: Ariel Books/British Broadcasting Corporation), which were published in 1982 and 1985, respectively.
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
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