Persians [extract] (1929)

Original id: 
9401
Start date: 
22 May 1929
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Translation
Production notes: 
Only the Messenger Scene from Persae was broadcast, alongside extracts from other plays, as part of a special Empire Day programme arranged and presented by Sir Henry Newbolt. The extracts were presented in dramatic form with incidental music. The programme was broadcast "to the British Empire by the London, Daventry (5XX), and other stations".
Media of production: 
Radio
Languages: 
English

Information related to this production

Venue Festival Dates Notes
unknown venue (England)
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
BBC Programme Records Book vol.1929-1930, p.60
Celebrations of Empire Day Print-out archive
Broadcasting: the programmes Print-out archive

How to cite this production

Persians [extract] (1929), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/9401 <12 May 2024>