As You Like It

Synopsis

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play, adapted and produced by Peter Creswell with contemporary music arranged and additional settings composed by Julian Herbage. William Fox stars as Orlando, Gwen Frangcon-Davies is Rosalind. Musicians include Rudolph, Natalie, Millicent and Carl Dolmetsch, the Wireless Singers and Diana Poulton (Lute). Julian Herbage conducts.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

11 Mar 1934 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Producer

Peter Creswell

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Julian Herbage

Contributor

Julian Herbage

Adaptor for Radio

Peter Creswell

Cast

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies	Rosalind
Evelyn Neilson	Celia
William Fox	Orlando
Jack Melford	Touchstone
Robert Craven	Jaques
Edgar B. Skeet	Corin
Eric Berry	Silvius
Ernest Sefton	Charles
Ethel Lodge	Audrey
Felix Aylmer	Duke Senior
James Tovey	Le Beau
John Jacques	Page
Lila Maravan	Phebe
Marjorie Smith	Page
Nigel Clarke	Hymen
Nigel Clarke	Oliver
Pascoe Thornton	Dennis
Patrick Waddington	Amiens
Peter Vokes	Page
Philip Wade	William
Philip Wade	Sir Oliver Martext
Theodore Smythe	Forester
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	Duke Frederick
Walter Herbage	Adam

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

R.S. Littlewood reviews the broadcast and suggests why it does justice to the play in "'Heavenly Rosalind’ Takes the Air", Radio Times 42:545, 9 March 1934, p. 708.

History

Part of a loose series of Shakespeare adaptations broadcast on Sunday evenings on BBC National Programme.

Reviews

Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)