Learning on ScreenAs You Like It
- Synopsis
- Schools radio broadcast. Dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It with Andrew Churchman, Philip Wade, Barbara Couper and others.
No further information known (12/2007). - Series
- Dramatic Reading
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 2 May 1930 at 15:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 45 mins
- Availability
- No recording extant
Credits
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Andrew Churchman Barbara Couper Frank Denton Harman Grisewood Katherine Hynes Lionel Millard Malcolm Young Philip Wade
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- As You Like It
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Part of a series of dramatic readings fro schools devised to last no longer than 30 minutes and meant to be spoken by no more than 3 or 4 actors. As the programme notes specify, these readings were not intended to represent Shakespeare’s plays, "but to give pupils the opportunity of hearing Shakespeare well read" (Programme and Syllabus of Transmission to Schools, September 1930 to January 1931, in: BBC Broadcast to Schools, Vol. 10, BBC: London, p.33.)
- Reviews
- Source: BBC Programme Records 1929-1932, The Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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