Learning on ScreenTwo Gentleman of Verona, The
- Synopsis
- Radio version of the play adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham and produced by Lance Sieveking. With Ion Swinley and Robert Craven as Valentine and Proteus and George Howe as Launce. The Elizabethan music arranged and directed by Juliette Matton is performed by the Matton Players with Diana Poulton playing the lute.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 14 Jan 1934 at 17:30 (Channel: BBC National Programme)
- Duration
- 93 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Lance Sieveking
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Juliette Matton
- Contributor
- Diana Poulton
- Adaptor for Radio
- Barbara Burnham
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Part of a loose series of Shakespeare adaptations broadcast on Sunday evenings on the BBC National Programme.
- Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- Herbert Farjeon discusses BBC’s responsibility to broadcast Shakespeare’s "lesser masterpieces" in the absence of a National Theatre in ‘The Two Gentleman of Verona’ (Radio Times, 12 January 1934, p. 75).
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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