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- Edwin S. Porter
Fiction short. A depiction of the seven ages of Man in eight tableaux. The titles are: Infancy, Playmates, Schoolmates, Lovers, The Soldier, The Judge, Second Childhood and What Age? (showing an old woman...
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- Kenean Buel
Film adaptation of As You Like It.
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- Charles Kent
As You Like it directed by Charles Kent and adapted by Margaret Birch. Rose Coghlan is Rosalind.
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aka: Nina of the Theater
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- Kenean Buel
Fiction film issued by Kalem in a two-reel instalment. The first is a story about an actress (Joyce) who is in love with an actor (Moore) and includes two stage scenes at least one of which the actress...
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- Charles Vernon
Music-hall entertainer Bransby Williams filmed enacting scenes of a character from youth to old age. Williams had enjoyed a stage success with this performance.
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- Maurice Elvey
An adaptation by Kenelm Foss of As You Like It, directed by Maurice Elvey with Elizabeth Risdon as Rosalind. The production, in modern dress, follows Shakespeare’s plot quite closely and places the action...
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Harry E. Humphrey recites the Seven Ages of Man speech from As You Like It (III ii) and Hamlet’s advice to the players (11 Vii); on the reverse side he recites Shylock’s justification of the Jew (III i).
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Sound recording. Scenes from As You Like It performed by E.H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.
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aka: Excerpts from Shakespeare
A ‘Shakespeare Night’ programme transmitted in two parts. Initiated by the British Empire Shakespeare Society, the programme was comprised of play readings.
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'Trial scene’ and ‘Casket...
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Radio broadcast of scenes from various Shakespeare plays which, The Times listings suggest, were performed by the Temple Shakespeare Society. The programme was comprised of 2 scenes from Macbeth, scenes from...
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aka: Shakespeare Programme
Radio programme. Members of The British Empire Society perform scenes from Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and one extract from Hamlet. The transmission of these extracts is alternated with the following...
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- J.M. Barrie
Amateur film. Record of a house party held by author J.M. Barrie at Stanway, Gloucestershire, the home of Lord Wemyss. Written and directed by Barrie, it features a semi-dramatised dream sequence in which...
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- News and Views of the Theatre
Talk by BBC radio’s first drama critic Archibald Haddon. Among the various stage plays that he praises for their comic qualities, he discusses J. M. Barrie’s ‘Rosalind’. A "comedy of...
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Radio broadcast. Lee Dixon and his company perform scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
No further information available (6/2008).
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Radio programme comprised of songs from or inspired by Shakespeare’s plays and a performance of a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
From 21:00-21:10 Gilbert Bailey (baritone) sings songs from Twelfth Night:"O...
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- Shakespeare Night
Shakespeare’s comedy performed for radio by the Cardiff Station Repertory Company. With incidental music by the Station Orchestra.
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Radio programme in which pieces of classical music and speech illustrate the seven ages of Jaques’s speech from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The Wireless Orchestra is conducted by Stanford Robinson....
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aka: Shakespearian Programme, Scenes and Music
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- R. E. Jeffrey
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...
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aka: Shakespeare Song and Story
Radio programme. Actors William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner perform excerpts from five Shakespeare’s plays, Catherine Paterson (mezzo-contralto) sings a number of Shakespearean songs, and the music of...
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- Harry B. Parkinson
Interest film. Shows scenes of London life including a view of St Paul’s Cathedral from the site of the Old Globe Theatre, followed by scenes from a performance of As You Like It played on a brewer’s...
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Radio schools series that looks at prominent female figures from Shakespeare’s plays. Presented by J.C.Stobart and Mary Somerville.
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- Shakespeare’s Heroines
First in a series of short dramatic recitals in which well-known actresses perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays. With Edith Evans as Rosalind performing extracts from As You Like It III ii, IV i, and...
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A mixed radio programme comprised of music and 10-minute excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays. The musical pieces are played by the Glasgow Station Orchestra (with Herbert A. Carruthers as conductor). Effie...
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- Arthur Blanch
Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s play produced by Arthur Blanch. With Douglas Burbidge as Orlando, Donald Davies as Touchstone, and Margaret Stuart as Rosalind. Arne’s incidental music is played by the...
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Radio programme showcasing scenes from 3 Shakespearian comedies. Robert Donat, Hylda Metcalf and other radio players perform Act III iii from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV i from As You Like It, and Act...
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- Plays to Schools
Schools broadcast of Shakespeare’s play. Fifth in a new series of fortnightly performances of "notable plays in the history of English drama" (Radio Times programme listings).
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- For the Schools
Radio schools broadcast. Eight-part talk held by R. E. Sopwith principally intended for pupils from 12-14 years of age. While the first 3 talks focus on analysis of the play, the last 2 talks consider...
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- Radio Guild
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- Vernon Radcliffe
Radio adaptation of As You Like It directed by Vernon Radcliffe and adapted for radio by Charles Warburton. No information on cast known (2007).
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- Dramatic Reading
Schools radio broadcast. Dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It with Andrew Churchman, Philip Wade, Barbara Couper and others.
No further information known (12/2007).
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Schools radio broadcast featuring selected scenes from Shakespeare’s play. No further information known (12/2007).
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aka: Rosalynde in Arden
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- Peter Creswell
Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy produced by Peter Creswell and adapted for broadcasting by Dulcima Glasby. With Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Rosalind and Ronald Simpson as Orlando. Music arranged and...
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- Wireless Military Band, The
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,...
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- Stars in Their Courses
Radio broadcast. Dramatic critic James Agate reviews comedy actress Madge Kendal’s career on the English stage from 1854 -1911. The talk is illustrated with recorded extracts featuring Kendal as Rosalind...
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- Peter Creswell
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play, adapted and produced by Peter Creswell with contemporary music arranged and additional settings composed by Julian Herbage. William Fox stars as Orlando, Gwen...
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- English Literature
Radio schools broadcast. Dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s play with a short introduction to scenes used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 11-14 year old schoolchildren.
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- In Town To-Night
Item in radio revue programme. Sandwiched between an interview with Col. Bourne, survivor of Rorke’s Drift and A. Frisbee, an old hansom cabbie, the programme features a rehearsal of As You Like It from...
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Radio programme of Shakespearean music. The BBC Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis plays German’s Coronation March (Henry VIII), Nicolai’s Overture for ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, Bantok’s...
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Radio music programme, inspired by the works of Shakespeare. The Northern Studio Orchestra, directed by John Bridge, plays Edward German’s Overture to ‘Richard III’, various pieces from Quilter’s...
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- 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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- Paul Czinner
Feature film. Great Britain’s first feature-length Shakespeare sound film and Laurence Olivier’s first screen performance in a Shakespeare play. An energetic production set in an elaborate studio forest...
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The first experimental television transmission shown at the Radio Olympia exhibition. Two programmes were transmitted from Alexandra Palace daily throughout the Radio Show to September 5th. The programme...
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- English Literature: Reading from Shakespeare
Schools radio broadcast. A dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s play with Fabia Drake and Hermione Hannen.
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Radio broadcast. The BBC Singers conducted by Trevor Harvey perform a selection of Shakespeare songs by Joseph Bridge, Macfarren, Charles Wood, Vaughan Williams, Ernest Walker.
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- From the London Theatre
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- Robert Atkins
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 Open Air Theatre,...
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- Scenes from Shakespeare
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- Stephen Thomas
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- Robert Atkins
Television programme featuring scenes that are based on As You Like It Act III ii, with Margaretta Scott as Rosalind and Ion Swinley as Orlando.
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- B. Iden Payne
Relayed from the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Stratford Festival Company performs B. Iden Payne’s production of As You Like It. The adaptation for broadcasting is arranged by Owen...
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- Columbia Shakespeare Cycle
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- Brewster Morgan
Radio version of As You Like It adapted and directed by Brewster Morgan and narrated by Conway Tearle. Elisse Landi is Rosalind and Dennis King plays Orlando. The songs are sung by Ben Classon.
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aka: Rosalynde in Arden
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- Peter Creswell
Radio play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Creswell. Scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It are supplemented by text from Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge, a romance which Shakespeare used as...
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- Ronald Waldman
A musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Written by D. F. Aitken, with music by William Trethowan. Adapted for radio by Henrik Ege. The BBC Variety Orchestra is conducted by Louis Levy....
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- Columbia Workshop
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- Margaret Webster
CBS radio broadcast. A heavily condensed version of As You Like It with its director, Margaret Webster as Rosalind. A long introductory narrative explains the plot.
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