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Hostelling Holidays

Date released

Feb 1981

Series name

Review 34th Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

346801

Story no

1 / 1

NCB synopsis: About modern youth hostels and the facilities they offer in many parts of the world to whole families as well as young people.

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Shakespeare Songs (1934 Radio)

Radio programme showcasing a selection of English composers who set Shakespeare’s text to music. The selection is comprised of Arne’s ‘Where the bee sucks’, G. A. Macfarren’s ‘When daisies...

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Double-Act

Date

11 Feb 2016, 17:16

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Double-Act: The Remarkable Lives and Careers of Googie Withers and John McCallum by Brian McFarlane (Monash University, May 2015), 288 pages, ISBN: 978-1922235725 (paperback), £31 About the Reviewer:...

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Will Shakespeare (1931 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio adaptation of the play which was originally written for the stage by British playwright Clemence Dane (1888-1965). Produced by Val Gielgud, this production was adapted for radio by the author. The plot...

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Merchant of Venice, The (1937 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Abridged version of the play adapted for radio and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Ernest Milton as Shylock and Freda Jackson as Portia.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1945 Radio)

Producer

Howard Rose

Radio version of the play adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced by Howard Rose. With David King-Wood as Oberon and Peggy Ashcrofy as Titania, Leslie French is Puck.

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Romeo and Juliet (1944 Radio)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon, produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Fay Compton and David King-Wood in the title roles.

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Danish Tragedy, The (1958 Radio)

Producer

Rayner Heppenstall

Radio drama by Michael Innes, attempting to reconstruct the Ur-Hamlet, a lost play possibly written by Thomas Kyd, believed to be the immediate source of Hamlet. As Innes writes: "Basically ... I have tried...

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Hamlet (1934 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Barbara Burnham and produced by Val Gielgud. With Stephen Haggard in the title role, Malcolm Keen as Claudius and Martita Hunt as Gertrude.

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King John (1940 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Shortened version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With Malcolm Keen in the title role.

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