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  1. Hamlet (2006 Radio)

    Producer
    John Richmond

    Audio book. Hamlet with John Gielgud in the title role, Leon Quartermaine as Ghost and Celia Johnson as Ophelia. The original BBC radio 1948 recording has been digitally remastered.

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  2. Paul Robeson 1898-1976 (1978 Television)

    Series
    Lively Arts

    Television documentary on the life and work of Paul Robeson, narrated by Brewster Mason. The programme focuses on civil rights and racial issues. Earle Hyman talks about the atmosphere in New York when he...

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  3. Campanadas a Medianoche (1966 Film)

    aka: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    Director
    Orson Welles
    Producer
    Emiliano Piedra

    The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...

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  4. Road to Shrewsbury, The (1960 Television)

    Series
    Age of Kings, An
    Director
    Michael Hayes
    Producer
    Peter Dews

    Fourth episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British...

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  5. Knighthood, The (1959 Television)

    Series
    Hancock’s Half Hour
    Producer
    Duncan Wood

    British sitcom. In this episode Hancock craves a theatrical knighthood via a role at the Old Vic, so becoming the first Duke of Cheam. His ambition culminates in him reciting Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to...

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  6. Romeo and Juliet (1949 Radio)

    Producer
    Hugh Stewart

    Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Hugh Stewart. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley. With Robert Edison, Marius Goring and Celia Johnson. Duncan...

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  7. Macbeth (1949 Radio)

    Producer
    Wilfrid Grantham

    Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Wilfrid Grantham. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley. With Stephen Murray, Flora Robson and Leon Quartermaine....

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  8. Life of King Henry V, The (1949 Radio)

    Series
    Saturday-Night Theatre
    Producer
    Frank Hauser

    'Streamlined’ radio version of the play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Frank Hauser with a youthful Richard Burton in the title role. The play, shortened to fit the 90-minute slot, concentrates...

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  9. Merchant of Venice, The (1949 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Raymond Raikes

    Laidman Brown and Lydia Sherwood star in this production of the play by Raymond Raikes which has been shortened and rearranged for radio adaptation. With music specially composed by Leon Young. The BBC...

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  10. Elizabethan Tongue, The (1949 Radio)

    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio programme. Passages from the plays of Shakespeare are delivered in what was thought to be their original Elizabethan pronounciation. The programme is introduced by Daniel Jones, Professor Emeritus of...

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