Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, The

Synopsis

A recording of Brian Bedford’s one-man show exploring the emotion and psychology behind Shakespeare the man, as well as Shakespeare the playwright. The show was conceived as an actor’s celebration of Shakespeare and as an act of Shakespearean scholarship. A 2 minute audio clip entitled ‘Shakespeare’s Early Life’ (which includes Bedford reciting Don Adriano de Armado’s Spring song from Love’s Labour’s Lost V ii l2835) from the show can be downloaded from the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare (CASP) website http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/multimedia/audio/m_a_9.cfm

Language

English

Country

Canada

Medium

Audio; Multimedia; Radio

Year of release

2000

Transmission details

May 1995 (Channel: CBC Radio)

Duration

95 mins

Availability

Sound recording out of distribution (1/2008)

Credits

Director

Barbara Worthy

Writer

Brian Bedford

Cast

Brian Bedford

Additional Details

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows

Notes

General

The performance on the CASP excerpt was recorded before an audience at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcast Centre, Toronto, Canada, March 1995.

History

The show was broadcast on CBC’s Bank of montreal Stratford Festival series on June 20 1999 at 22:05 and may be listened to in the CBC Archives.

Production Company

Name

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Archive

Name

CBC Broadcasting Centre Archives

Address

205 Wellington Street West
Toronto
Ontario
Canada MSV 3G7