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Verdi’s opera relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Georg Solti. With James McCracken as Othello and Raina Kabaiwanska as Desdemona.
Radio programme. John Jones gives an appreciation of G. Wiison Knight as a critic of Shakespeare. He argues that Mr. Knight’s ‘The Wheel of Fire’ marks the greatest advance in the understanding of...
Second of a 5-part series of scholarly talks on Shakespeare’s history plays. Emrys Jones looks at the new dramatic genre of the Shakespearean secular history play within the theatrical fashion of its time.
The first Welsh translation of a play broadcast for radio. Adapted and produced by Dafydd Gruffydd. Translation by Gwenallt Jones.
Shakespeare’s The Merchant in Venice broadcast in Welsh. Produced for radio by Dafydd Gruffydd, translated into Welsh by J.T. Jones of Bangor.
Radio transmission of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’ relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. With Arnold Matters as Falstaff. The Sadler’s Wells Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by...
Radio broadcast. Gounod’s opera is performed by The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Percy Pitt, with Parry Jones and Miriam Licette in the leading parts.
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham and produced by Peter Creswell. The cast includes Franklyn Bellamy as Caesar, Dennis Arundell as Brutus and S. J. Warmington...
Musical series featuring classical and Broadway music. This episode presents four versions of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet performed in the theatre, opera (Gounod), ballet (Prokofiev) and the...
Radio adaptation of the play which was originally written for the stage by British playwright Clemence Dane (1888-1965). The plot links Shakespeare and the ‘Dark Lady’ of the sonnets with the mysterious...
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