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Venus and Adonis (1939 Radio)

aka: Masque for the Entertainment of the King, A

Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts The Boyd Neel Orchestra and The BBC Singers.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1938 Television)

Producer

Jan Bussell

A television adaptation of W.S. Gilbert’s 1891 burlesque. The script parodies the style of Shakespearean performance in the 1890s and centres on Claudius’ secret - that in his youth he was the author of...

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Shakespeare’s King Harry (1977)

Radio broadcast accompanying Dickon Reed’s 6 one-hour adaptation of Henry IV and Henry V. John Wain, author of ‘The Living World of Shakespeare’ (1978), actor Alan Howard and Michael Billington, drama...

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A KINGDOM OF Coal

Date released

Sep 1964

Series name

Mining Review 18th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346259

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: Sid Chaplin, author and miner, presents a view of Co. Durham, past, present and future. NCB Commentary - This is the county where I was born - County Durham - a tight little kingdom which...

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Morocco Calf: A Whimsy in One Act (1936 Radio)

Radio play by James R. Gregson. Set in Portia’s house in Belmont, it begins with the Prince of Morocco making his fateful casket choice in blank verse. When he begins to quote lines from other plays, an...

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Audience with Charles Dickens, An (1996 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (125 minutes)

Simon Callow re-enacts the public readings given by Charles Dickens, reading extracts from five of the most popular Dickens novels. The readings aim for an accurate re-creation of Dickens’s style - costume...

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Venus and Adonis (1949 Radio)

aka: Masque for the Entertainment of the King, A

Series

John Blow

Last of a four-part programme prepared by by Anthony Lewis showcasing the music of English Baroque composer John Blow. This episode focuses on Blow’s miniature opera that is based on the classical fable of...

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the Presidential Year

Date released

1948

Series name

The March of Time 13th Year

Issue no

3

NoS ID

352275

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: This month’s March of Time deals with the burning question of who will succeed in winning the U.S. Presidency in 1948. Will the Democrats extend their sixteen-year tenure or...

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Shakespeare’s People (1964 Radio)

A syndicated radio series. Shakespeare scholar and author Dr. Bernard Beckerman was the host for the entire series. The episodes were: (29/03/64) Passages associated with Cleopatra with Pamela Brown and...

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One Traveller Returns (1947 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio play about the madness of a ‘modern’ Hamlet, set in a psychiatric home in Scotland. Originally conceived as a stage play, author Moray McLaren has written his own radio version which was produced...

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