Orsino

Synopsis: Radio broadcast of a dramatic reading of an excerpt from Twelfth Night that focuses on the character of Orsino. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.
Series: Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 17 Jan 1944 at 11:30 (Channel: BBC World Service)
Duration: 29 mins
Availability: Unknown

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Leslie Stokes

Adaptor for Radio

Herbert Farjeon

Cast

Hermione Hannen	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Lydia Sherwood	Olivia
David King-Wood	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Marius Goring	Feste
Glen Farmer	Curio
Ralph Truman	Valentine

General: According to the programme notes in London Calling, "Mr. Farjeon had always been interested in the big figures among the secondary characters in Shakespeare’s plays. In this series he expands upon their personalities, illustrating his theories by some of the scenes in which these characters appear" (No. 302: 1945, p. 20)
History: Episode 7 in the series.
The programme was broadcast on the External Service on the following dates:
17/1/1944 General Overseas Service, 11:30 GMT
19/1/1944 North American Service, 1:30 GMT (21:30 EWT)
19/1/1944 Pacific Service, 9:00 GMT
17/1/1944 African Service, 16:45 GMT
This is also the first episode of the series that was transmitted on the Home Service on 5/8/1945.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Source: The Times, Radio Times
Annotated radio scripts of all the 18 episodes in the series are being held at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection. The script also credits Sara Jackson, Maxwell Foster and J. H. Roberts as performers.

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