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  1. Oh! What a Lovely War (2006)

    Director
    Richard Attenborough
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £15.99

    A restored version of Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut film which re-interprets real First World War events as a musical. Based on the 1963 radio play written by Charles Chiltern which was adapted...

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  2. Theatre of Blood (1973 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Hickox
    Producer
    John Kahn; Stanley Mann
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 min), £12.99

    Feature film. Spoof horror picture in which a ham Shakespearean actor, Edward Lionheart, takes revenge on eight critics who have ridiculed his performances. He engineers a series of elaborate murders....

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  3. Peg of Old Drury (1935 Film)

    Director
    Herbert Wilcox

    Feature film based on the life of the eighteenth-century actress Peg Woffington. Born in Dublin, she came to London and became a famous actress under David Garrick’s guidance. She suffered from a weak...

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  4. Fat Knight, The (Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Freely adapted from Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, the radio broadcast consists of all the scenes which focus on the ‘humorous conceits of Sir John Falstaff’. Adapted and produced by Peter Creswell,...

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  5. Theatre Programme [13/11/1946] (Radio)

    Producer
    Ayton Whitaker
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    First of the second series of the fortnightly theatrical review magazine commissioned for radio by the BBC Light Programme. Includes recordings of extracts from The English Arts Theatre company’s...

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  6. Othello (Radio)

    Producer
    Val Gielgud
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No archive copy known

    Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Val Gielgud. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley who also introduces the broadcast. With Jack Hawkins, Margaret...

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  7. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Radio)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Schools broadcast of Shakespeare’s play.

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  8. Twelfth Night (Radio)

    Director
    Cyril Wood; Sydney W. Carroll
    Producer
    Robert Atkins
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    Radio adaptation of Sydney Carroll’s production of Twelfth Night originally shown at the Open-Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London and directed by Cyril Wood. Margaretta Scott stars as Viola, Jack Hawkins...

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  9. Hamlet (Radio)

    Producer
    Val Gielgud
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Unknown

    Two-hour radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham and produced by Val Gielgud. With John Gielgud in the title role, Margaretta Scott as Ophelia, Robert Donat as...

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

    Director
    Robert Atkins
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No copy extant

    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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