Learning on ScreenTragedy of Macbeth, The
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast. A shortened version of Shakespeare’s play arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. With Godfrey Tearle as Macbeth and Flora Robson as Lady Macbeth. The music, played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (Kneale Kelly conducts), is specially composed by Victor Hely-Hutchinson.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 13 Oct 1935 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 124 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Creswell
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson
- Contributor
- Kneale Kelley
- Adaptor for Radio
- Peter Creswell
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The Times also credits Adrian J. Byrne as performer.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- Basil Main includes a detailed criticism of the production which he found "preoccupied with effects, irrelevant fanfares, and strained readings" in his BBC and its Audience, (London: Thomas Nelson, 1939, pp. 103-104).
Peter Creswell comments on his adaptation of the play in ‘Shakespeare’s Stark Tragedy’, Radio Times, 11 October 1935.
Source: BBC Programme Records 1933-1935, Radio Times, Times
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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