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Immortal Falstaff, The (1941 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio broadcast. The story of Falstaff is told in scenes from Shakespeare’s Henry IV and an epilogue from Henry V. With Frederick Lloyd as Falstaff. Produced by Barbara Burnham.

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Immortal Falstaff, The (1941 Radio)

Radio broadcast of scenes from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and an epilogue from Henry V. Produced by Barbara Burnham. No further information available (1/2008).

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Rosalynde in Arden (1941 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Radio play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Creswell. Scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It are supplemented by text from Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge, a romance which Shakespeare used as...

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Isle is Full of Noises, The (1941 Radio)

Series

Man Shakespeare, The

Producer

Val Gielgud

Last in a series of thirteen 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on The Tempest. The series is arranged by Clemence...

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Prospero’s Island: Scenes from ‘The Tempest’ (1940 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Scenes from Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With Leon Quartermaine as Prospero, Alec Guinness as Ferdinand and Jill Furse as Miranda. Music arranged and played...

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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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Macbeth, King of Scotland (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

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Shakespearean Songs (1939 Radio)

A radio programme of Shakespearean songs arranged by George Walter and recorded by Leslie French (tenor). The music included: ‘It was a lover and his lass’ (Morley), ‘Under the greenwood tree’...

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Henry at Agincourt (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Leslie Banks performs scenes from Henry V, which, as Radio Times programme listings remind its wartime readers "contains some of the most stirring lines in English literature" (3 November 1939, p. 3).

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Julius Caesar (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio adaptation produced by Val Gielgud. Henry Ainley performs as Mark Antony in the Forum scene from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

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