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English Literature III: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1927 Radio)

Series

Broadcast to Schools

Radio broadcast. Five-part talk held by R. E. Sopwith for secondary schools which together constitutes a study on Shakespeare’s comedy.

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Much Ado About Nothing (1964 Radio)

Series

Best of Shakespeare, The

Radio broadcast. As part of a series of 26 weekly programmes "designed as an anthology of the best-known and best-loved speeches and scenes" from Shakespeare’s better known plays, two 30-minute episodes...

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Caliban (1943 Radio)

Series

Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio broadcast that focuses on the character of Caliban in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Produced by Mary Hope Allen with commentary by Herbert Farjeon. With Herbert Lomas as Caliban.

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Otello (1964 Radio)

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.

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English Literature III: Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ And Songs from the Play (1929 Radio)

Series

For the Schools

Radio schools broadcast. Eight-part talk held by R. E. Sopwith principally intended for pupils from 12-14 years of age. While the first 3 talks focus on analysis of the play, the last 2 talks consider...

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World on It’s Own, A (1975 Television)

Director

Reginald Collin

Television programme celebrating 100 years of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. No further details known (4/2013)

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Music from Shakespeare (1945 Radio)

Series

Music from Shakespeare

13-part weekly radio series on music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Each episode focuses on a different play and is introduced by a different presenter (see below). Where an edition of London Calling was...

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Othello (1907 Film)

A version of Othello. Ball (op cit, p. 306) notes that the naming of the director as Mario Caserini and the actor Ubaldo Del Colle as Othello is speculative. The Walturdaw Animated Pictures catalogue (the...

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Henry IV. Part 2 (1951 Radio)

Series

Cbc Wednesday Night

Director

Andrew Allan

Radio broadcast. A two-part abridgement of Henry IV. Part 2 adapted for radio by Lister Sinclair. No cast known (2007).

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Titania (1943 Radio)

Series

Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio broadcast of an excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream that focuses on the character of Titania. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.

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