Learning on ScreenSeems Radio is Here to Stay
- Synopsis
- Radio programme made to celebrate twenty five years of radio broadcasting. Includes mention of some of Shakespeare’s lines that have become clichés of the language followed by excerpts from Hamlet’s closet scene. Presenter Norman Corwin interrupts this extract from Hamlet to wonder at radio’s ability to broadcast the play.
- Series
- Columbia Workshop
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 24 Apr 1939 (Channel: CBS)
- Duration
- 27 mins
Credits
- Director
- Norman Corwin
- Writer
- Norman Corwin
- Music
- Bernard Herrman
- Contributor
- Norman Corwin
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- radio broadcasting; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The programme was accompanied by a glossy publication, which depicted Shakespeare surrounded by American workers,
Production Company
- Name
CBS Radio
Archive
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
Online Retailer
- Name
otrsite.com
- Contact
- Jerry Haendiges
- jerry@otrsite.com
- Web
- http://www.otrsite.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 562-696-4387
- Fax
- 562-696-4387
- Address
- 1308 Sunset Drive
Whittier
CA 90602
USA
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