Learning on ScreenMacbeth
- Synopsis
- Broadcast version of Shakespeare’s play performed by the Old Vic Company produced by Tyrone Guthrie. With Charles Laughton and Flora Robson as the Macbeths. Dennis Arundell narrates. Music by Herbert Menges.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 8 Apr 1934 at 17:45 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 205 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Herbert Menges
- Cast
Athene Seyler Charles Laughton Dennis Arundell Narrator Elspeth Currie Ernest Hare Flora Robson Frank Napier James Mason Marius Goring Morland Graham Phyllis Hatch Roger Livesey
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The British Library Sound Archive holds a recording of an excerpt from Act V, scenes v-vii, abbreviated.
- General
- This is the Charles Laughton’s first radio broadcast as well as his first Shakespeare role.
- Textual information
- The Radio Times listing includes a note pointing out that even though the broadcast version follows the Shakespearean text as closely as possible, "considerable omissions are necessary" so that " narration will be used to preserve the continuity’.
- Reviews
- Cecil Alden Roberts, ‘Charles Laughton broadcasts for the first time in Sunday’s performance of "Macbeth"', Radio Times, 6 April 1934, p. 7.
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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