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Television programme. Broadcast as part of the television programmes marking the fourth centenary of Shakespeare’s birth. Cleo Laine and John Dankworth perform Shakespeare’s songs. Narrated by Tony...
Radio programme showcasing Shakespeare songs (sung by Cleo Laine, Alfred Deller, and others) and monologues (read by John Gielgud and others). No further information known (10/2007).
Regional television broadcast. Cleo Laine sings Shakespeare’s words set to music by Johnny Dankworth. Simon Callow reads from the sonnets.
Shakespeare set to music by John Dankworth and performed by Cleo Laine. Tracks are: Compleat Works, Sigh No More, Ladies, Fear No More, Witches, Fair and Foul, Shall I Compare Thee, Blow, Blow Thou Winter...
Television documentary. Derek Jacobi presents the programme which looks at the scheme to build a replica of the Globe Theatre on Bankside. Follows the early stages of the project and the activities of its...
A live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Geoffrey Smith. Jazz musicians John Dankworth and Cleo Laine celebrate their 80th birthdays with a combination of Shakespeare and jazz. Dankworth...
Radio broadcast. 4-part weekly series, presented by Patrick Martyn, showcasing contemporary musical adaptations inspired by Shakespeare. The pieces examined range from popular musicals such as Kiss Me Kate...
Geoffrey Smith presents Shakespeare-inspired jazz including Cleo Laine and John Dankworth’s Shakespeare and all that Jazz, and Duke Ellington’s suite, Such Sweet Thunder.
Alyn Shipton presents listeners’ requests as well as music from surprise guests, as part of Radio 3’s Sounds of Shakespeare weekend. Listeners join Alyn from the audience to introduce their requests on...
The broadcast of this radio adaptation is introduced by a ten-minute interview with Steven Berkoff who gives his radio debut as Macbeth. The production attempts a radio equivalent of the physical and...