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Radio programme featuring extracts from plays in current production at London’s theatres. Scenes from the stage production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as directed and produced by Judith Furse for the Arts...
Excerpts of the play, taken from Anthony Quayle’s well-received Stratford production (1951), were shown as part of the BBC’s For the Children slot. The broadcast was never recorded, but according to...
English historian C.V. Wedgwood reviews Spanish writer and diplomat Salvador de Madariaga’s book on Hamlet.
Radio broadcast on an excerpt from Henry IV, Part 1 that focuses on the character of Hotspur. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by R. D. Smith, starring Judi Dench as Julia, Michael Harbour as Proteus and Denys Hawthorne as Valentine. With music specially...
Radio production of Macbeth directed by Orson Welles. No information on cast known (7/2010).
Eight of a series of talks on English painting, 1700-1840. John Woodward, Assistant Keeper of the Department of Fine Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, gives a talk about Shakespeare illustrations. With...
A ‘Shakespeare Night’ programme transmitted in two parts. Initiated by the British Empire Shakespeare Society, the programme was comprised of play readings. Part 1: 'Trial scene’ and ‘Casket...
The transmission of the radio concert performed by the Bournemouth Symphonic Orchestra opens with a selection from Mendelssohn’s incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, followed by excerpts from...
Nicolai’s comic opera broadcast on radio with verse recitations by Heinrich Proch. The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Percy Pitt.
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