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Two Gentlemen of Verona, The

Synopsis
A recording of The Two Gentlemen of Verona by the Marlowe Dramatic Society directed by George Rylands. David Gibson is Valentine and Richard Marquand is Proteus.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
1961
Availability
Out of Distribution (2006)

Credits

Director
George Rylands
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Thurston Dart
Cast
David GibsonValentine
Richard MarquandProteus
Janette RicherSilvia
Olive GreggJulia
Donald BevesLaunce
Chris RenardOutlaw 2 (Outlaw)
Clive Swift 
David BuckHost
George RylandsThurio
John BartonDuke of Milan
John Tracy-PhillipsOutlaw 1 (Outlaw)
Penelope BalchinLucetta
Roderick CookSpeed
Terrence HardimanAntonio
Toby RobertsonEglamour

Additional Details

Theatre company
Marlowe Dramatic Society
Production type
Sound Recordings(Commercial)
Plays
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The
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

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