Measure for Measure

Synopsis

Recording of Measure For Measure by the Marlowe Dramatic Society directed by George Rylands. Toby Robertson is the Duke of Vienna and Janette Richer Isabella.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Year of release

1961

Availability

Out of Distribution (2006)

Credits

Director

George Rylands

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Thurston Dart

Cast

Anthony Jacobs	Lucio
Camille Prior	Francesca, a nun
Chris Renard	Gentleman
Clive Swift	Barnardine
David Brierley	Elbow
Derek Jacobi	Gentleman
Donald Beves	Pompey
Dorothy Mulcahy	Mariana
George Rylands	Angelo
Janette Richer	Isabella
John Bird	Escalus
John Kimber	Abhorson
Penelope Balchin	Juliet
Richard Marquand	Claudio
Roger Prior	Friar Peter
Terrence Hardiman	Provost
Toby Robertson	Vincentio, Duke of Vienna

Additional Details

Theatre company

Marlowe Dramatic Society

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Textual information

The recordings used Dover Wilson’s New Cambridge text.

Reviews

For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Production Company

Name

Argo

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor

Name

Polygram Spoken Word, tel 020 8910 5000

Phone

020 8910 5000