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Immortal Falstaff, The (1941 Radio)

Radio broadcast of scenes from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and an epilogue from Henry V. Produced by Barbara Burnham. No further information available (1/2008).

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Tempest, The (1951 Television)

Series

For the Children

Producer

Rex Tucker

Televised version of the play arranged and produced by Rex Tucker for the BBC’s For the Children slot. With Godfrey Kent as Prospero. Special effects by Alfred Wurmer.

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Hamlet of Bombay, The (1961 Radio)

Radio programme in which Asian American writer Zulfikar Ghose talks about producing Shakespeare in Bombay, his production of Hamlet, and actor/producer Shasi Kapoor’s plans to start the first Indian...

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Conflict: As You Like It (1966 Television)

aka: As You Like It

Series

For Schools

Director

George More O’Ferrall

Producer

Donald Carter

Television schools programme in the Drama for Sixth Forms slot. Scenes from As You Like It introduced by John Gielgud; episodes selected and written by Ivor Brown. An analysis of the play and enacted scenes.

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Desert and Storm (1963 Television)

Series

Word and Image

Director

Christopher Sarson

Producer

Patricia Owtram

Six-part series, aimed at 15-18 year olds, about imagery in English literature presented by Professor W.M. Merchant. Episode five deals with Macbeth. Readers are Paul Curran and Beryl Bainbridge. No further...

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1964 Radio)

Radio broadcast. In this talk about Shakespeare’s sonnets and the problems that they raise, G. Wilson Knight surveys recent literature on the sonnets, particularly Leslie Hotson’s book Mr. W. H. (1964),...

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Scenes from ‘Richard II’ (1949 Radio)

Series

Children’s Hour

Entertainment programme for children. Scenes from Shakespeare’s play are selected and produced as a dramatic reading for radio to help with the Shakespeare set book for School Certificate. No further...

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Mr. William MacReady and Miss Edna Godfrey-Turner in Scenes from Shakespeare (1923 Radio)

Radio broadcast. Scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by William Macready and Edna Godfrey Turner.

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Lover’s Complaint, A (1954 Radio)

Producer

George Rylands

Radio version of a narrative poem usually attributed to Shakespeare. Produced by George Rylands with Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Wheatley and Godfrey Kenton as readers.

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Shakespeare’s Imagery (1951 Radio)

Radio broadcast. Shakespeare scholar Kenneth Muir reviews Wolfgang Clemen’s book The Development of Shakespeare’s Imagery.

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