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Documentary. Starting with the annual Shakespeare birthday celebrations in Stratford, when international representatives unfurl their national flags, traces the life of Shakespeare from his mother’s...
Laurence Olivier talks to Patrick Garland from his home in Sussex, and reads his own choice of poetry and prose from William Shakespeare and other writers.
Full-length radio version of the play produced by Val Gielgud. With Virginia Maskell, Norman Shelley, Carleton Hobbs and Malcolm Keen. The production uses the full Mendelssohn score as arranged by John...
Radio broadcast. In this instalment of the magazine programme Alan Dent challenges Diana Graves, Irene Thomas and Jonathan Cecil in a Shakespeare quiz.
A television recording, before an invited audience, of a radio broadcast from 5 October 1972, reuniting The Goons as part of the BBC’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Includes Peter Sellers whistling...
Video recording of a version of Romeo and Juliet for young people adapted by Ben Power.
G. Wilson Knight gives the ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’ talks for the anniversary week. The five episodes focus on different aspects of Shakespeare and his faith.
Radio broadcast. In this episode of the weekly literary series, Michael Redgrave, who played King Lear in the Stratford production in 1953, and J. W. Lambert discuss Charles Lamb’s dictum that "The Lear of...
As part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations, Professor Russ McDonald explores how Shakespeare’s work has influenced composers. He focuses on Dvorak’s Othello overture which was performed by the London...
Radio broadcast. Series in which listeners recall a moment from the Third Programme or Radio 3 that had a lasting significance for them. In this episode Jeffrey Archer remembers the Third Programme’s...
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