Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A - Shakespeare’s Happiest Play
- Synopsis
- First in a series of six Forces Educational Broadcasts devoted to introducing Shakespeare to the general listener. J. B. Bamborough gives an illustrated talk of the play.
- Series
- Introducing Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 23 Nov 1949 at 10:30 (Channel: BBC Light Programme)
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known.
Credits
- Contributor
- John B. Bamborough
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The transmission of this educational series was accompanied by a re-run of the SHAKESPEARE AND HIS WORLD series in December. Whereas the latter series of talks were mainly addressed to students, this series aimed to introduce Shakespeare to the ordinary listener in order "to help him to penetrate the difficulty of Shakespeare’s language and convention and to enjoy his living thought" ('Both Sides of the Microphone’ in The Radio Times, 11 November 1949, p. 11).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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