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Morning Service [26/04/1964] (2014 Television)

Series

Morning Service

Religious service from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on the occasion of thanksgiving for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. The preacher is Dr Coggan, Archbiship of York in the...

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Venus and Adonis (1993 Radio)

Series

Play of the Week (BBC World Service)

Director

Hilary Norrish

Dramatic reading of Shakespeare’s poem with Susan Fleetwood as Venus and Michael Maloney as Adonis. Norman Rodway narrates. The poem is adapted for radio by Marcella Evaristi and directed by Hilary Norrish.

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Henry V (1989 Radio)

Series

Play of the Week (BBC World Service)

Director

Walter Acosta

Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).

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Bard Brain of Britain (2016 Radio)

Series

Brain of Britain

Producer

Paul Bajoria

Radio broadcast. Russell Davies hosts a special Shakespeare-themed edition of the ‘Brain of Britain’ quiz to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The guests contestants are...

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Shakespeare Celebrated (1963 Radio)

Radio broadcast. Theatre director and theatre designer Tyrone Guthrie talks about his early encounters with Shakespeare, his approach as a theatre director, and what qualities in the man himself are worth...

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King Lear (2006 Radio)

Series

BBC World Drama

Director

Alison Hindell

Producer

Marion Nancarrow

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play recorded live in front of an audience at the Globe Theatre in London. With Philip Madoc in the title role, Fiona Shaw, Mali Harries and Andrew Sachs. Directed by Alison...

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Lift Up Your Hearts (1964 Radio)

aka: 1: A King’s Prayer 2: Christianity and Man 3: Tragic Revelation 4: Beyond Tragedy 5: Shakespeare’s England

Series

Lift Up Your Hearts

G. Wilson Knight gives the ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’ talks for the anniversary week. The five episodes focus on different aspects of Shakespeare and his faith.

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Hear and Now [23/04/2016] (2016 Radio)

Series

Hear and Now

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Tom Service introduce adventurous 21st century responses to Shakespeare’s work. Sound artist Martin Parker and viola da gamba player Liam Byrne take music and texts from 1616 and...

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Shakespeare, Poet of the World (1964 Radio)

Series

African Theatre

Radio programme. Extract from Julius Caesar (III iii) performed in a Swahili translation by Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzania’s first President.

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Sellers in the Attic (2010 Radio)

Series

Archive on 4

Producer

Stephen Garner

Radio programme in which comedy writer and historian Glenn Mitchell explores what the BBC archives reveal about British comic legend Peter Sellers on the 30th anniversary of his death. In addition to the...

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