Performing Macbeth

Alternative title: Frances Langford Show, The
Synopsis: Variety radio series featuring Frances Langford. The format in the summer of 1947 was a medley of popular songs and a semi-comic playlet called ‘The American Scene’ that attempted to present typical family life. In this episode of ‘The American Scene’ Frances Langford volunteers her father to help the Women’s Club stage Macbeth; Jerry Collins is set to direct and star. Collins casts her father as First Witch, programme announcer Toby Reed is cast as Second Witch with music director Carmen Dragon as the Third. They read the first scene with interruptions and struggle with the unfamiliar language. They do the same with lines from the fourth act which then fades into performance. Langford narrates this, sentimentally talking about the professional and amateur performances of Shakespeare’s plays that occur every summer and are part of the rich American scene. [With acknowledgment to Michael P. Jensen for supplying the synopsis].
Series: Maxwell House Coffee Time
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 24 Jul 1947 at 20:30 (Channel: NBC)
Duration: 30 mins

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