Learning on ScreenAs You Like It
- Synopsis
- Radio version of the play adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh and produced by Peter Watts. Starring Baliol Holloway as Touchstone.
- Series
- World Theatre
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Recording date
- 26 Dec 1949
- Transmission details
- 30 Dec 1949 at 14:45 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 90 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known (4/2008).
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Watts
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Adaptor for Radio
- Mollie Greenhalgh
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A written transcript of the production is being held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- General
- The transcript of the production records rehearsals from 24/12/1949-26/12/1949.
- History
- First of a new series of ‘World Theatre’ productions broadcast on the BBC Home Service at an afternoon listening time.
- Reviews
- A listener’s comment in Radio Times: "I ... was astonished by the terrific pace adopted; scene followed scene so rapidly that all the romance and poetry disappeared; fortunately the actors could not keep it up and by the time they had reached Arden one could really understand what they were saying" (20 January 1950, p. 14).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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