Learning on ScreenComedy of Errors, The
- Synopsis
- Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged and produced by Raymond Raikes. With Francis de Wolff as Duke of Ephesus.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 20 Dec 1968 at 20:10 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 80 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy known (11/2007).
Credits
- Producer
- Raymond Raikes
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Adaptor for Radio
- Raymond Raikes
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Comedy of Errors, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles
Notes
- Notes
- In his comments on the production published in Radio Times Raymond Raikes suggests that producing in stereo helped sort out the two pairs of identical voices of the twins.
- General
- Margaret Horsfield points out that Victor Lucas and Haydn Jones who played both twins were credited with under their anagram names for one of the roles. Thus, in Radio Times listings ‘Cristo Luvac’ is credited as playing Antiopholus of Ephesus while ‘Jonah Sendy’ plays Dromio of Ephesus.
Four days were spent on rehearsals and recording. Margaret Horsfield, Shakespeare on Radio (Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1978), p. 90. - Reviews
- Raymond Raikes, ‘Holiday in Ephesus’, Radio Times, 12 December 1968, p. 40.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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