Learning on ScreenAntony and Cleopatra
- Synopsis
- Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by R. D. Smith. With Anthony Nicholls as Mark Antony, June Tobin as Cleopatra and John Slater as Enobarbus. The music is specially composed by Elizabeth Lutyens and conducted by Edward Clark.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Recording date
- 16 Jan 1960
- Transmission details
- 30 Mar 1960 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
- Duration
- 150 (incl. interval)
- Availability
- Unknown
Credits
- Producer
- R. D. Smith
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Elizabeth Lutyens
- Contributor
- Edward Clark
- Adaptor for Radio
- R. D. Smith
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Rehearsals: 11/1/1960-16/1/1960
- History
- Broadcast in 2 parts.
Part 1: 20:00-21:20
Part 2: 21:30-22:40 - Textual information
- A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
- Reviews
- In ‘The Art of the Radio Actor’, the correspondent for The Times felt that this production came across "as a verse reading, with much of its generosity of emotion submerged under a nobly misguided determination to make every syllable pull its weight" (19 April 1960, p. 14).
R. D. Smith writes on the problems of adapting this play for broadcasting in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, Radio Times, 25 March 1960, p. 7
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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