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Off the Syllabus: Romeo and Juliet (1947 Radio)

Series

For the Schools

BBC schools broadcast. Scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedy were chosen and adapted for radio by Jo Manton. Starring Peggy Ashcroft and Basil C. Langton.

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Collectors’ Library of Ten Great Shakespeare Plays: Concise Acting Versions (1961 Audio)

`Concise acting versions’ of ten plays read by Richard Burton, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Anna Massey, Sarah Churchill, Michael Redgrave, Peter Finch, Peter O’Toole and others. The...

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Winter’s Tale, The (1965 Audio)

Director

Peter Wood

Complete performance directed by Peter Wood with John Gielgud as Leontes and Peggy Ashcroft as Paulina.

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Shakespeare 1564-1616 (1984 Video)

aka: Maturing Shakespeare, The

Series

Six Centuries of Verse

Director

Richard Mervyn

Producer

Richard Mervyn

16-part television series, presented by John Gielgud, on the history of poetry in the English language. This episode follows Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet. Presents extracts from Romeo...

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Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview; Music

Steve Jones interviews special guest on his show, actress Julia Foster, coinciding with the release on cassette of the radio production of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, where she played Jackie Coryton alongside...

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Stratford’s Shakespeare (1985 Audio)

A history of performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, commissioned to celebrate the RSC’s 25th anniversary. Features reminiscences by famous actors who have played there: James Dale, who...

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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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Measure for Measure (1934 Radio)

Producer

Howard Rose

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham and produced by Howard Rose. With Henry Hallatt as as the Duke, Ion Swinley as Angelo and Peggy Ashcroft as Isabella.Music...

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Virginia Woolf: A Portrait

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 3 cassettes), £11.00

Michael Holroyd talks to Derek Parker about Virginia Woolf’s life and work. Other contributors include her husband, Leonard Woolf, her sister Vanessa, and nephew Quentin Bell, who is also her biographer....

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All the World’s a Stage: A Collection of Shakespeare’s Speeches (1995 Audio)

Series

BBC Radio Collection

An anthology of Shakespearean speeches from the BBC Sound Archive. Romeo and Juliet (I iii) - Fay Compton; Hamlet (III i) - Michael Redgrave; Henry V (IV iii) - Richard Burton; King Lear (II iv) - Alec...

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