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"Othello" Recorded for Broadcast JHEN the Wellington Repertory Society presented Shakespeare’s Othello at the St. James’ Theatre, Wellington, in October last, recordings of the play were made by the NZBS through a land-line from the stage to the Production Studios, It was the first time in the Society’s history that one of its cormplete performances had been recorded. Subsequently. the play, which on the stage occupies about three hours, was abridged for iadio purposes to 95 minutes, and the recordings will be heard over the four YA stations during March. To make the recordings microphones were placed at the front of the stage and also upstage, with the result (according to the producer, Kenneth Firth) that there is a suggestion of distance between the microphone and the actora condition which does not exist in a studio performance. Dramatic pauses, which in the theatre are part of the general effect, are also slightly noticeable. But the experiment is an interesting one, as listeners will discover for themselves. The principal roles were | played by Selwyn Toogood (Othello), Briton Chadwick (Iago), Molly Parton (Desdemona), Maureen Ross-Smith (Emilia), Desmond Lock (Cassio), John Humphries (Rode- rigo), L. J. Maule (Brabantio), and Phy!llis Jeffries (Bianca). The recordings will be broadcast from 3YA on Wednesday, March 1; 1YA on Friday, March 10; 4YA on Monday, March 20; and 2YA on Thursday, March 30, in each case at approximately 7.30 p.m,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 555, 10 February 1950, Page 7
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235N.Z. THEATRE New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 555, 10 February 1950, Page 7
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