Tempest, The; Or, The Enchanted Island

Synopsis

Radio version of the Davenant/Dryden/Shadwell adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for which Henry Purcell wrote the music in 1695. With Robert Harris as Prospero. Constant Lambert conducts the Covent Garden Chorus and The Boyd Neel Orchestra. The soloists were Margaret Field-Hyde, Margaret Ritchie, Rene Soames, William Parsons, and Stanley Riley.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

6 Jan 1950 at 20:50 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No archive copy known

Credits

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Writer

John Dryden; Thomas Shadwell; William Davenant

Editor

Anthony Lewis

Music

Henry Purcell

Contributor

Constant Lambert

Cast

Robert Harris	Prospero
Maxine Audley	Miranda
Marjorie Westbury	Ariel
Bernard Miles	Caliban
Cyril Cusack	Ferdinand
Allan McClelland	Hippolito, Heir of the Dukedom of Mantua
Andrew Cruickshank	Alonzo (Alonso)
Cherry Cottrell	Dorinda, daughter to Prospero
Dennis Arundell	Antonio
Ernest Jay	Ventoso, a Mariner
Francis de Wolff	Mustacho
Ivan Samson	Stephano
J. Hubert Leslie	Gonzalo
Norman Shelley	Trincalo (Trinculo)
Vida Hope	Sycorax, sister to Caliban

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Tempest, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information

A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)