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Merchant of Venice, The

Synopsis
A personal introduction to the play and its characters by Timothy West, who played Shylock in the 1980 Old Vic production of the play.
Series
Prefaces to Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
14 Dec 1980 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration
30 mins

Credits

Producer
Gordon Hutchings
Contributor
Timothy West

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Merchant of Venice, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Merchant of Venice, The
Merchant of Venice, The

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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NW1 2DB

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