Learning on ScreenMacbeth
- Synopsis
- Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Wilfrid Grantham. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley. With Stephen Murray, Flora Robson and Leon Quartermaine. Duncan Carse narrates. Music is composed and conducted by Norman Demuth.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 6 Mar 1949 at 18:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 135 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known
Credits
- Producer
- Wilfrid Grantham
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Norman Demuth
- Adaptor for Radio
- Maurice Roy Ridley
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A month prior to this radio production Stephen Murray performed the role of Macbeth in a BBC television presentation directed and produced by George More O’Ferrall. For Murray’s comments on acting in two different media see his article on ‘Acting Macbeth - from Television to Radio’ in Radio Times, 4 March 1949.
- History
- The production was transmitted in two parts. Part 1: 18.00-18.55. Part 2: 19:10-20.30.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- 'Murder Most Decent’ by Philip Hope-Wallace, The Listener, Vol. 41, 10 March 1949, p. 419.
The independent reviewer Hope-Wallace was not too impressed by the overall "stately tempo" of the production which seems to have been hampered by unnecessary incursions, but concludes: "All in all it was a decent business, with much devoted detail, which is really the last impression worth making in this play".
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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