Learning on ScreenAll for Love or, The World Well Lost
- Synopsis
- Radio version of Dryden’s play of the same name (1678). Based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Dryden’s blank verse take on the story focuses on the clash between the personal and political. In contrast to the original, the action is confined to one place: the Temple of Isis at Alexandria. For the radio version producer Peter Creswell wrote a new Prologue and an Epilogue, spoken by the poet’s descendant, Noel Dryden. Creswell also inserted a hymn to Isis which was sung to music by Purcell.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 14 Feb 1937 at 17:35 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 105 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Creswell
- Writer
- John Dryden
- Music
- Julian Herbage
- Contributor
- Noel Dryden
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The Radio Times entry for the broadcast suggests that producer Peter Creswell tried to reproduce the atmosphere of the Restoration playhouse (for which Dryden would have written the play) by including period-specific cries of hucksters.
- History
- A full-length adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra was broadcast on BBC radio two weeks later.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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