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Leslie Banks performs scenes from Henry V, which, as Radio Times programme listings remind its wartime readers "contains some of the most stirring lines in English literature" (3 November 1939, p. 3).
A musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Written by D. F. Aitken, with music by William Trethowan. Adapted for radio by Henrik Ege. The BBC Variety Orchestra is conducted by Louis Levy....
Radio adaptation of Act 5, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Val Gielgud. With Henry Ainley as Othello and Hermione Hannen as Desdemona.
Radio broadcast. Shakespeare actor Frank Benson talks about his stage memories.
Radio broadcast. James Agate presents British actor-manager Sir Frank Benson (1858-1939) who performs as Richard II, Mark Antony and Wolsey.
Radio adaptation produced by Val Gielgud. Henry Ainley performs as Mark Antony in the Forum scene from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Radio broadcast of the ode written by David Garrick, with music by Arne, for the Stratford-upon-Avon Jubilee of 1769. Julian Herbage conducts The Boyd Neel String Orchestra and The BBC Singers. With Ion...
Feature film. On a plane bound for Paris, a successful radio actress (Barbara Krafftowna) recalls the night in 1939 when she was to debut as Ophelia, with the man she loved playing Hamlet (Zbigniew...
Radio broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew adapted from Angus Bowmer’s stage production. In 1939, OSF took the production to the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, California and the broadcast arises...
A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
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