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Timon of Athens

Synopsis
A personal introduction to the play by Richard Pasco, who played the title role for the 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Series
Prefaces to Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
15 Apr 1981 at 20:20 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration
25 mins

Credits

Producer
Gordon Hutchings
Contributor
Richard Pasco

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Timon of Athens
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
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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

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
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London
NW1 2DB

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