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Lotus FM South Africa Shakespeare's Hamlet

Networks
Springbok Radio (as its archives name them)
Episodes
15

In 2006, Lotus FM began producing radio drama and has notched up many successful productions, including the long-running Lollipop Lane serial created by Durban’s Clinton Marius.

More about it

2016’s matric Shakespeare was William Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a top cast of local actors.

The cast of top Durban actors include Roger Service and Tom Read, radio drama icons from their years on Springbok Radio with a host of Durban productions including the famed The Men from the Ministry, Father Dear Father and The Navy Lark. Also appearing are well-known Durban performers Michael Gritten and Philippa Savage.

Gritten plays Hamlet, Service is Claudius, Read is Polonius and Savage is Ophelia. The script has been adapted by Rory Booth.

The first 15-minute episode aired 3July of that year.

The production, recorded in D1 at the SABC – one of the finest radio drama studios in South Africa –provides a valuable resource for those studying the play.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Hamlet, 3 Jul Hamlet - Episode1

    No date given · No. 1 · 15 min

  2. Hamlet, 4 Jul Hamlet - Episode2

    No date given · No. 2 · 15 min

  3. Hamlet, 5 Jul Hamlet - Episode3

    No date given · No. 3 · 15 min

  4. Hamlet, 6 Jul Hamlet - Episode4

    No date given · No. 4 · 15 min

  5. Hamlet, 7 Jul Hamlet - Episode5

    No date given · No. 5 · 15 min

  6. Hamlet, 10 Jul Hamlet - Episode6

    No date given · No. 6 · 15 min

  7. Hamlet, 11 Jul Hamlet - Episode7

    No date given · No. 7 · 15 min

  8. Hamlet, 12 Jul Hamlet - Episode8

    No date given · No. 8 · 15 min

  9. Hamlet, 13 Jul Hamlet - Episode9

    No date given · No. 9 · 15 min

  10. Hamlet, 14 Jul Hamlet - Episode10

    No date given · No. 10 · 15 min

  11. Hamlet, 17 Jul Hamlet - Episode11

    No date given · No. 11 · 15 min

  12. Hamlet, 18 Jul Hamlet - Episode12

    No date given · No. 12 · 15 min

  13. Hamlet, 19 Jul Hamlet - Episode13

    No date given · No. 13 · 15 min

  14. Hamlet, 20 Jul Hamlet - Episode14

    No date given · No. 14 · 15 min

  15. Hamlet, 21 Jul Hamlet - Episode15

    No date given · No. 15 · 18 min

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  1. Lotus FM South Africa Shakespeare's Hamlet

    Old Time Radio · 15 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

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