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Colloquy 1: An Interview with Shakespeare

Alternative title
Interview with Shakespeare
Synopsis
Radio broadcast exploring who wrote Shakespeare’s plays, a question answered by asking Shakespeare himself. The host is Dr Frank C. Baxter of the University of Southern California and Shakespeare is played by Ben Wright.
Series
Cbs Radio Workshop
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
24 Feb 1956 at 20:30 (Channel: CBS)
Duration
30 mins

Credits

Director
William Froug
Writer
William N. Robson
Contributor
Frank C. Baxter
Cast
Ben WrightWilliam Shakespeare
Hans ConriedChristopher Marlowe
Jay NovelloFrancis Bacon
Ramsey HillEdward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
William ConradRichard Burbage

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Authorship

Notes

General
The CBS Radio Workshop called "radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination" was an experimental radio show and varied in its genre. It was modelled after its predecessor, The Columbia Workshop, and had many of the same writers and directors.
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. 581, entry 2653).

Production Company

Name

CBS Radio

Online Retailer

Name

otr.com

Email
order@otr.cat
Web
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Address
OTR Cat
PO Box 19234
Lenexa
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USA

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