Shakespeare

Alternative title

Shakespearian Programme, Scenes and Music

Synopsis

Radio programme dedicated to Shakespeare’s works. The broadcast, comprised of music and scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, is thematically grouped into a section on ‘Tragedy’ and a section of ‘Comedy’. Excerpts of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays are performed under the direction of R. E. Jeffrey.
Part 1 (Tragedy) includes: "Othello", a suite by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor performed by the J. H. Squire Celeste Octet; a play-reading of Hamlet (III.iv); the Octet plays a short selection from Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and the overture to Bach’s Hamlet; Norman Notley (baritone) sings "Take, O Take Those Lips Away" (R. Quilter); actors speak Othello Act III, scene ii.
Part 2 (Comedy):
The Octet plays movements from the suite "The Merchant of Venice" (Rosse) , the overture to Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and to Nicolai’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; Norman Notley sings "I Know a Bank" (Martin Shaw), "O Mistress Mine" (Benjamin Dale), "Full Fathom Five" (Gordon Bryan), "Under the Greenwood Tree" (Parry); play readings include Twelfth Night (I v) and As You Like It (IV i).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Availability

No copy extant

Notes

Simultaneous broadcast to all stations except Chelmsford.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

R. E. Jeffrey

Music

Benjamin Dale; Charles Gounod; Frederick Rosse; Gordon Bryan; Hubert Parry; Martin Shaw (2); Otto Nicolai; Philipp Emanuel Bach; Roger Quilter; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Cast

Edmund Willard
Henry Le Grand
Henry Oscar
Howard Rose
Irene Rooke
Margaret Halstan
Tarver Penna

Related

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)