Learning on ScreenAs You Like It
- Synopsis
- Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Michael Redgrave as Orlando and Edith Evans as Rosalind. The incidental music was specially recorded by a flute quartet with the solo lute played by Diana Poulton.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Recording date
- 8 Sep 1944
- Transmission details
- 8 Sep 1944 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 180 (incl. interval)
Credits
- Producer
- Mary Hope Allen
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Diana Poulton; Geoffrey Gilbert; Jean Stewart; Maurice Westerby; Norbert Wethmar
- Adaptor for Radio
- Herbert Farjeon
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- As You Like It (Part 1)
Notes
- Notes
- This seems to be the earliest full-length BBC Shakespeare production to have survived.
Robert Raikes is not credited in the Radio Times listings. This credit information is based on the BBC Programme Catalogue, programme number 27SX4444 . - General
- According to the production notes in the transcript of the production, recording took place from 11.00-17:30 on the same day the play was transmitted for broadcasting.
- History
- The broadcast includes a 20-minute interval for a news and war report at 21:00.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- Source: Radio Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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