Learning on ScreenMidsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Schools radio broadcast. Dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy with Rudolph de Cordova, Carleton Hobbs and others. No further information known (12/2007).
- Series
- Dramatic Reading
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 20 Jun 1930 at 15:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 33 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Basil Simpson Carleton Hobbs Charles Groves Hamilton Earle Malcolm Young Rudolph de Cordova
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The same cast appeared in a full adaptation of the play broadcast on 24/6/1930 (see separate entry).
- General
- Part of a series of dramatic readings for 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)
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