Learning on ScreenEdgar Bergen and Charles McCarthy Show [09/11/1947]
- Synopsis
- Series featuring ventiloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charley McCarthy. Charley and his chums plan to stage Romeo and Juliet in a barn but they need a star name to bring in the crowds so they ask Maurice Evans to play Romeo. They have to employ Lulu McConnell as Juliet because she owns the barn. Evans and Lulu rehearse the balcony scene; Lulu is so bad the show is called off. There are sundry ‘jokes’ arising from the misquotation of lines from other plays including Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice.
- Series
- Edgar Bergen and Charles McCarthy Show, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 9 Nov 1947 (Channel: CBS)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Director
- Earl Ebi
- Cast
Maurice Evans Romeo Lulu McConnell Juliet Edgar Bergen
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sitcoms/Variety
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre
Notes
- Reviews
- Jensen, Michael P. ‘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 561, entry 2508).
Production Company
- Name
CBS Radio
Sponsor
Distributor (Sale)
- 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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