Just William - Live!
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2001 - 2019
- 12 episodes (6 series)
Martin Jarvis performs Richmal Crompton's comic classics, live on-stage in front of audiences.
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Series 3, Episode 1 - William Holds the Stage
Further details
In William Holds the Stage, when an old boy of the school gives a lecture on Hamlet, William gets a somewhat confused idea that Shakespeare's plays were written by a man called Ham, and that Shakespeare poisoned Ham, and stole the plays and pretended he had written them. Then a man called Bacon got involved and possibly someone called Eggs as well.
When it's announced that the class will perform a scene from Hamlet in front of a live audience, William decides that, despite being cast as an attendant, he'd prefer to play the leading role himself. But things don't go entirely to plan.
A packed house at the Theatre Royal rocks with laughter as Jarvis performs William's hilariously inventive version of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Just William as 'stand-up'.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 23rd December 2012
- Time
- 7:15pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes