Shakespeare’s Birthday

Synopsis

Radio programme. The Wireless Military Band conducted by B. Walton O’Donnell plays the Overture to Sullivan’s Macbeth and Suite from Henry VIII, German’s ‘Three Dances’ from As You Like It, Coleridge-Taylor’s Suite from Othello and ‘Two Interludes’ from Elgar’s Falstaff (arranged by Gerrard Williams).

Series

Wireless Military Band, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

23 Apr 1933 at 15:00 (Channel: BBC National Programme)

Duration

75 mins

Availability

No recording extant

Credits

Music

Arthur Sullivan; Edward German; Gerrad Williams; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Contributor

Walton O’Donnell

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It; Henry IV Part 1; Henry IV Part 2; Henry VIII; Macbeth; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); musical adaptations

Notes

Notes

Broadcast from Daventry National Programme.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)