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First Television Broadcast: Demonstration at Radio Show (1936 Television)

The first experimental television transmission shown at the Radio Olympia exhibition. Two programmes were transmitted from Alexandra Palace daily throughout the Radio Show to September 5th. The programme...

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Young Victoria, The (2008 Film)

Director

Jean-Marc Vallée

Producer

Graham King; Martin Scorsese; Tim Headington; Sarah Ferguson

Biopic. In one scene Queen Victoria is listening to a reading from Richard II. The scene is Act 3, sc. ii `Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king; The breath of...

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Wooing of Anne Hathaway, The (1938 Television)

Director

Herbert M. Prentice

Producer

Stephen Thomas

Televised recording of the play written by Grace Carlton. Performed by the Birmingham Repertory Company under the direction of Herbert M. Prentice. Presented for television by Lanham Titchenener.

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King Lear (1948 Television)

Director

Royston Morley

Producer

Royston Morley; Douglas Allen

Elaborate television production of the play with William Devlin in the title role. Produced by Royston Morley with settings designed by Barry Learoyd.

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Hamlet (1947 Television)

Director

George More O’Ferrall

Producer

George More O’Ferrall; Basil Adams

Ambitious two-part televised adaptation of the play produced by George More O’Ferrall, with John Byron as Hamlet.

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Scenes from Andre Van Gyseghem’s Production of ‘Cymbeline’ (1937 Television)

Producer

Andre van Gyseghem; Royston Morley

Television programme featuring scenes based on Cymbeline taken from Andre van Gyseghem’s Embassy Theatre production of the play. With Joyce Bland as Imogen and Geoffrey Toone as Posthumus.

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