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Merchant of Venice, The (1923 Radio)

Full-length radio adaptation of the play starring Gerald Lawrence as Shylock and Cathleen Nesbitt as Portia. Music (three Entractes from the Purcell Suite in C) is provided by the Wireless Quartet under the...

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Twelfth Night (1923 Radio)

Producer

Cathleen Nesbitt

Shakespeare’s comedy adapted for radio and produced by Cathleen Nesbitt, who also plays both Viola and Sebastian to Gerald Lawrence’s Orsino. With music by Henry Purcell performed by the Wireless...

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Henry VIII (1911 Film)

A record, filmed at Ealing, of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s production of Henry VIII staged at the Her Majesty’s Theatre.

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British Empire Shakespeare Society (1923 Radio)

aka: Excerpts from Shakespeare

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...

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King John (1899 Film)

aka: Scene - ‘King John’ - Now Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, A Beerbohm Tree, The Great British Actor

Director

William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson

Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives: THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS -...

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