Learning on ScreenWinter’s Tale, The
- Synopsis
- Radio version of the play adapted by Barbara Burnham. Hugh Griffith plays Leontes, Margaret Rawlings stars as Paulina and Phyllis Neilson-Terry is Hermione. With music composed and conducted by Norman Fulton.
- Series
- World Theatre
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 19 Dec 1949 at 21:15 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 105 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known.
Credits
- Producer
- Hugh Stewart
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Norman Fulton
- Adaptor for Radio
- Barbara Burnham
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Winter’s Tale, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Rehearsals: 15/12/1949-19/12/1949
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- In his review of the production for The Listener, Philip Hope-Wallace finds The Winter’s Tale "among the plays unspoiled, even aided, by being unseen. ... Paulina was Margaret Rawlings, a voice which bodies forth a whole person instantly ... The version by Barbara Burnham was well pared down. Hugh Stewart kept up good pace. The Speaking was mostly excellent ..." ('For Me and My Aunts’, vol. 42, 22 December 1949, p. 1107).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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