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All’s Well That Ends Well

Synopsis
A personal introduction to the play by actor Sebastian Shaw, who played the King of France in the 1967 Royal Shakespeare Company stage production directed by John Barton.
Series
Prefaces to Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
3 Jan 1981 at 15:25 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration
30 mins

Credits

Producer
Gordon Hutchings
Contributor
Sebastian Shaw

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
All’s Well That Ends Well
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
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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NW1 2DB

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