That Hamlet was a Good Boy

Synopsis

Radio drama. A mother announces to her son that his father is dead and his uncle will take over the glass factory business. The narrator quotes Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to be speech’ and tells the audience that the story to unfold will contain many Hamlet references.

Series

Cbs Radio Mystery Theatre

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

25 Jun 1975 (Channel: CBS)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Himan Brown

Writer

Fielden Farrington

Cast

Will MacKenzie	Doug (Hamlet)
Grace Matthews	Gertrude
Jennifer Harmon	Phyliss (Ophelia)

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William; Mystery

Notes

Notes

Available from Original Old Radio as CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER. Vol. 6.

Reviews

Michael P. Jensen in ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 522, entry 2204) gives fuller details of the plot and believes that the broadcast has ‘striking parallels’ with HAMLET GOES BUSINESS (1987).

Production Company

Name

CBS Radio

Online Retailer

Name

originaloldradio.com

Web

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Address

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