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Ninth of twelve programmes in which all Shakespeare sonnets are recited by various actors. The programme is introduced by Rayner Heppenstall. Michael Redgrave reads Sonnets 91 to 99.
Presents the play in performance plus anciliary information. Each act and scene is individually introduced. Information on all the characters can be accessed at any point, as can any part of the text....
Sonnet 91 read in costume by Michael Bryant, followed by a discussion of the sonnet by Sir Roy Strong. The sonnet is then performed again in light of the commentary.
Radio programme in which Michael Innes investigates ‘the violent and more or less mysterious deaths’ of the potential inheritors to the throne of Denmark in his capacity as Shakespearean scholar and...
Radio broadcast. Stanzas from Shakespeare’s poem are chosen by Michael Moray and spoken by Marius Goring, Margaretta Scott and Valentine Dyall.
Item in radio revue programme. Sandwiched between an interview with Col. Bourne, survivor of Rorke’s Drift and A. Frisbee, an old hansom cabbie, the programme features a rehearsal of As You Like It from...
Feature film comedy. Ageing Hollywood star (Burt Reynolds) signs up to play the title role in King Lear in Britain to revive his flagging career. He believes the role is part of a Royal Shakespeare Company...
Radio schools broadcast. The second story in the ten-part history series by Rhoda Power features an imaginary account of Shakespeare’s childhood intended for 13-14 year old schoolchildren.
A reading of an abridged version of King Lear, with the cast including Sir Donald Wolfit, Rosalind Iden, Coral Browne and Barbara Jefford, directed by Donald Wolfit. Script adapted by Fiona Bentley and Morys...
Radio broadcast on an excerpt from Henry IV, Part 2 that focuses on the characters of Robert Shallow and Silence. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as...
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