Learning on ScreenHamlet of Stepney Green, The
- Synopsis
- Bernard Kops radio play distills elements freely adapted from Shakespeare’s tragedy into ‘A Sad Comedy with some Songs’ (subtitle). Kop’s one-act play is set in the 1950s lower-middle-class Jewish milieu of London’s East End and focuses on the journey and initiation of David Levy (Andrew Sachs), son to an invalid Jewish fishmonger (Cyril Shaps) who after his death returns to haunt his son as a ghost.
David’s songs are sung by Mike Leroy. The music is composed, arranged and played by Larry Adler. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 5 Apr 1965 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC Home Service)
- Duration
- 90 mins
- Availability
- Unknown
Credits
- Producer
- Charles Lefeaux
- Writer
- Bernard Kops
- Music
- Larry Adler
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- 1950s
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Jews; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A BBC recording. The Times has no listing for this broadcast on this date.
- History
- Originally produced as a stage performance at Oxford Playhouse in 1957.
- Reviews
- Kops writes about his first radio production and his return to the past, to ‘the dying community that I knew and loved and left in ‘The Hamlet of Stepney Green’, Radio Times, 1 April 1965, p. 25.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Record Stats
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