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King Lear (1939 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Scenes from the play arranged as a sequence for radio broadcasting by Peter Creswell. With Abraham Sofaer in the title role and William Hutchison as narrator.

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King John (1940 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Shortened version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With Malcolm Keen in the title role.

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Twelfth Night (1942 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy produced by Barbara Burnham and adapted by Hugh Stewart. The cast includes Peggy Ashcroft as Viola, Alec Guinness as Orsino and Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby.

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Life of Henry V, The (1951 Television)

Director

Royston Morley

Producer

Royston Morley; Leonard Brett

Televised adaptation of the play, produced and directed by Leonard Brett and Royston Morley and starring Clement McCallin as King Henry.

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Macbeth (1934 Radio)

Producer

Tyrone Guthrie

Broadcast version of Shakespeare’s play performed by the Old Vic Company produced by Tyrone Guthrie. With Charles Laughton and Flora Robson as the Macbeths. Dennis Arundell narrates. Music by Herbert Menges.

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From the London Theatre: Scenes from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (1935 Radio)

Series

From the London Theatre

Director

Robert Atkins

Radio programme featuring extracts from plays in current production at London’s theatres. In this episode, scenes from Robert Atkins’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy for the Ring theatre, London,...

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Matter of Life and Death, A (1945 Film)

aka: Stairway to Heaven

Director

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

Producer

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

A British wartime aviator who cheats death by miraculously surviving bailing out of his plane without a parachute must argue for his life before a celestial court. Fantasy film, ostensibly produced with the...

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King Lear (1938 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Shakespeare’s play (without the subplot but with an extra story teller) arranged as a sequence for broadcasting and produced by Peter Creswell. With Godfrey Tearle in the title role.

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Romeo and Juliet (1944 Radio)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon, produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Fay Compton and David King-Wood in the title roles.

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Great War, The, Series (1964 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £ 99

A definitive history of the 1914-1918 war, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and employing the voice skills of other leading actors including Sir Ralph Richardson (as Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) and...

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