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American Poets: The Spoken Word (2010)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £20.00

This three CD set is a companion to the British Poets compilation. Around 30 poets are included, from Gertrude Stein, born in 1874, to Amiri Baraka, born in 1934. The 20th century was a time of enormous...

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Hamlet: The Closet Scene (1947 Radio)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio adaptation of Act III iv of the play performed in English, French, and Spanish. Hamlet is played by Alec Guinness, Jean-Louis Barrault and Augustin Sire respectively. The commentary was written by...

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Opening of Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road

Date

19 Aug 2009, 12:55

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

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American Writers: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £19.50

This three-CD set includes recordings of 27 celebrated American writers, starting from the earliest generation whose voices survive. The majority of the recordings derive from BBC radio broadcasts, in which...

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Acts I., II. And III. Of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, An Opera in 5 Acts (1923 Radio)

Studio broadcast showcasing excerpts of Gounod’s opera with British National Opera singers in principal roles. The specially augmented Wireless Orchestra is conducted by L. Stanton Jeffries.

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Hamlet: The Closet Scene (1947 Radio)

Producer

Raymond Raikes

Radio adaptation of Act III, iv of the play performed in English and in French. Hamlet is played by Alec Guinness and Jean-Louis Barrault. The English performance of the play is produced by Raymond Raikes.

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Hamlet (1940 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

An all-star radio version of Hamlet adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With John Gielgud as Hamlet and Martita Hunt as Gertrude.

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Old Mr. Lear (1950 Radio)

Series

Saturday Matinee

Producer

Peter Watts

Radio play by Dudley Evans broadcast in the ‘Saturday Matinee’ slot. The list of dramatis personae and title of this radio drama suggest that it is based on Shakespeare’s tragedy.

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Merchant of Venice, The (1912 Film)

Director

Barry O’Neil

Producer

Edwin Thanhouser

Fiction short. The Merchant of Venice directed by Barry O’Neill and adapted by Lloyd Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhauser. William J. Bowman is Shylock.

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Fool’s Saga, The (1949 Radio)

Producer

Rayner Heppenstall

Radio play written and produced by Rayner Heppenstall in which he tries to dramatise the story of Amleth, the figure Hamlet is based on, as he occurs in various Scandinavian legends. David King-Wood plays...

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