As You Like It

Synopsis

Relayed from the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Stratford Festival Company performs B. Iden Payne’s production of As You Like It. The adaptation for broadcasting is arranged by Owen Reed. With incidental music by Anthony Bernard who also conducts The Memorial Theatre Orchestra.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

4 Jul 1937 at 21:10 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Director

B. Iden Payne

Writer

Owen Reed; William Shakespeare

Music

Anthony Bernard

Cast

Joyce Bland	Rosalind
Rosalind Tudor	Celia
Godfrey Kenton	Orlando
Donald Wolfit	Touchstone
Baliol Holloway	Jaques
Andrew Leigh	Corin
C. Rivers Gadsby	Le Beau
Clare Harris	Audrey
Clement McCallin	Charles
Dennis Roberts	William
Diana Sinclair-Hill	Page
Donald Layne-Smith	Amiens
Gerlad Kay Souper	Duke Senior
Kenneth Wicksteed	Sir Oliver Martext
Leonora Freeman	Page
Michael Goodliffe	Jaques de Boys
Norman Woodland	Oliver
Patrick Crean	Silvius
Paul Stephenson	Duke Frederick
Rosalind Iden	Phebe
Stanley Howlett	Adam

Additional Details

Theatre

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Theatre company

Stratford Festival Company

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews

In his book on The BBC and its Audience (London Nelson, 1939) Basil Maine criticises this production for the fact that the stage comedy was over-stressed; the players laughed too much: "after a few guffaws of the actors and their all-but-visible back-slapping made my hostess so nervous that ... she switched off" (p. 105)

Online Retailer

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)