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Mashup. A parody of Olivier’s HAMLET (1948) and the plot of the play. Scottish folksinger Adam McNaughton’s song ‘Oor Hamlet’ outlines the main plot points of Hamlet, gently highlighting its...
BBC schools broadcast. Scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy were chosen and adapted for radio by Jo Manton.
Radio adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream produced by James Mageean. Scenes from the play are spoken in a dialect current in rural Ulster, especially in Tyrone. In his introduction to the broadcast,...
Radio adaptation of the play presented as a birthday tribute to Shakespeare. Arranged and produced by guest producer Lewis Casson. With Bruce Belfrage in the title role.
Compilation of sketches from the series. Includes a one minute skit in which Aimi MacDonald recites Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy whilst tap dancing. Next week Aimi promises King Lear.
A fortnightly theatre review programme. In this episode a panel of experts examines Shakespeare’s tragedy with illustrated extracts. The panel consists of Michael Redgrave, Frank Birch, and Philip...
John Gielgud stars in this radio adaptation of The Tempest, produced and adapted for broadcasting by E. A. Harding. With songs and special music composed by Norman Fulton and played by the BBC Theatre...
Radio broadcast of Godfrey Tearle’s production of the play for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, staged by Anthony Quayle. Adapted and produced for broadcasting by William Hughes. No further...
Presentation of scenes from an unperformed Elizabethan play ascribed in part to Shakespeare. Adapted and introduced by John Bryson. With Lewis Casson in the title role.
Trailer for Orson Welles’ MACBETH (1948).