Learning on ScreenBeatrice
- Synopsis
- Radio broadcast on an excerpt from the play focuses on the character of Beatrice. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.
- Series
- Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 2 Jul 1944 at 14:30 (Channel: BBC General Forces Programme)
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Availability
- No copy extant
Credits
- Producer
- Mary Hope Allen
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Leslie Stokes
- Adaptor for Radio
- Herbert Farjeon
- Cast
Lydia Sherwood Beatrice John Laurie Benedick David Peel Claudio Leslie Perrins Don Pedro Anthony Wallis Messenger Carleton Hobbs Leonato Cherry Cottrell Ursula Lucille Lisle Hero
Additional Details
- Production type
- Other
- Plays
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Annotated radio scripts of all the original 18 episodes in the series are being held at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
- 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 13 of the series.
Also broadcast on the External Service on the following dates and regions:
04 July 1944 - African
05 July 1944 - Pacific
06 July 1944 - N. American - Textual information
- A script of this production broadcast is part of the Shakespeare Collection at the Birmingham Central Reference Library.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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