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Scenes from Shakespeare (1960 Audio)

Scenes from Shakespeare performed by Anew McMaster and his Shakespearean Company: The Taming of the Shrew. Act II, i; Othello Act V ii; The Merchant of Venice Act I iii, Act III i; Romeo and Juliet Act 1 iv,...

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Antony and Cleopatra (1930 Radio)

Producer

Cecil A. Lewis

Radio version of the play produced and adapted by C. A. Lewis. With Laura Cowie as Cleopatra, Cecil Ramage as Antony and Douglas Burbidge as Caesar. V.C. Clinton Baddeley acts as narrator. The incidental...

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Political review of the year (1982)

Genre

Interview; Music; News bulletin; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech

Peter Allen presents a political review of 1982. Topics include Falklands War, resulting nationalism and sinking of General Belgrano Argentine warship; SDP win at Glasgow Hillhead by-election and leadership...

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Romeo and Juliet (1944 Radio)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon, produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Fay Compton and David King-Wood in the title roles.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: VJ Day

Date released

20 Aug 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

846

NoS ID

013535

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: VJ Day Celebrations. DESCRIPTION: Mr Attlee broadcast at midnight the news that victory over Japan was complete. VJ Day coincided with the Royal Opening of Parliament and the King and...

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Ophelia (2019 Film)

Director

Claire McCarthy

Producer

Daniel Bobker; Sarah Curtis; Paul Hanson; Ehren Kruger

Based on Lisa Klein’s novel of the same name, Daisy Ridley takes the title role in a re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the eyes of the ill-fated heroine, Ophelia.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cutting the Peninsular

Date released

22 Jun 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

785A

NoS ID

013146

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cutting the Peninsula. DESCRIPTION: In France the Allies are consolidating their positions and driving inland to secure the Cherbourg peninsular. Airborne divisions, using gliders, have...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Labour Landslide

Date released

30 Jul 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

843

NoS ID

013515

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Labour Landslide. DESCRIPTION: Three weeks ago votes were recorded in the General Election and at that time nobody would have predicted a working majority for the Labour Party. The...

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Antony and Cleopatra (1960 Radio)

Producer

R. D. Smith

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by R. D. Smith. With Anthony Nicholls as Mark Antony, June Tobin as Cleopatra and John Slater as Enobarbus. The music is specially composed by...

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