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THERE IS A PLAY TONIGHT

on BBC Home Service Basic

The second of two programmes compiled from recordings in the Sound Archives examining the plays of Shakespeare in performance
Part 2: To be or not to be
Some reflections on the part of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark with the voices and opinions of: LAURENCE OLIVIER
HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE
PETER O'TOOLE , ERNEST MILTON BEATRICE FORRES-RODERTSON JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON
RALPH RICHARSON , FRANK BENSON MICHAEL BENTHALL. TYRONE GUTHRIE LESLIE HOWARD
HARLEY GRANVILLE BARKER ALEXANDER MOISSI GUSTAV GRÜ
NDGENS WILLIAM EMPSON. HENRY DONALD EDWARD GORDON CRAIG
HENRY AINLEY
DONALD WOLFIT MICHAEL REDGRAVE , JOHN GIELGUD
Narrator, John Pullen
Reader, Godfrey Kenton
The narration written by Derek Parker
The programme devised and produced-by JOHN POWELL
Broadcast on August 28, 1964

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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Peter O'Toole
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Ernest Milton
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Beatrice Forres-Rodertson
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson
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Ralph Richarson
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Frank Benson
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Michael Benthall.
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Tyrone Guthrie
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Leslie Howard
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Harley Granville Barker
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Ndgens William Empson.
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Henry Donald
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Edward Gordon Craig
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Henry Ainley
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Donald Wolfit
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Michael Redgrave
Narrator:
John Gielgud
Narrator:
John Pullen
Reader:
Godfrey Kenton
Written By:
Derek Parker
Produced-By:
John Powell

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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