Young Shakespeare (radio play)

Young Shakesepeare is a 1937 Australian radio drama by Kenneth Mackenzie about William Shakespeare.[1]

It is a verse drama and one of the most acclaimed in that format produced in Australia.[2]

According to Leslie Rees it "freshly interpreted the relations between Anne and the fledgling William —the restless youth, driven to leave Stratford because sudden realisation of a woman’s deceit had dried up the love running in his veins."[3]

The play was popular and was produced again in 1941.[4] This production was called one of the best radio plays of the year.[5]

A copy of the play is at the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.[6]

Premise

The romance between Will Shakespeare and Ann Hathaway.[7]

References
  1. "SUN DAY [AUGUST 1]", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 30, 1937, nla.obj-714692985, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
  2. Semmler, Clement (1981). The ABC : Aunt Sally and sacred cow. Melbourne University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-522-84216-6.
  3. "PLAYS OF THE AIR: Shakespeare's Birthday", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 20 April 1940, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
  4. "SPECIAL ANZAC DAY BROADCASTS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 19 April 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Plays of the Air Best of the Year", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 20 December 1941, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. Young Shakespeare at UQ
  7. "A.B.C. HIGHLIGHTS". Nambucca and Bellinger News. Vol. 32, no. 1631. New South Wales, Australia. 30 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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