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  1. King Lear (1967 Radio)

    Producer
    John Richmond

    Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud as Lear. The music is composed and conducted by John Hotchkis and performed by a section of the English...

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  2. Tragedy of King Lear, The (1967 Radio)

    Producer
    John Richmond

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud in the title role, Derek Godfrey as Edmund and Timothy Bateson as the Fool. The music by John Hotchkis is played by a...

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  3. Danish Tragedy, The (1958 Radio)

    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio drama by Michael Innes, attempting to reconstruct the Ur-Hamlet, a lost play possibly written by Thomas Kyd, believed to be the immediate source of Hamlet. As Innes writes: "Basically ... I have tried...

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  4. Macbeth (1953 Audio, Radio)

    Sound recording of the Old Vic Company’s 1952-53 stage production of Macbeth with Alec Guinness and Pamela Brown as the Macbeths.

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  5. Troilus and Cressida (1952 Radio)

    Producer
    E. A. Harding

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting and produced by E. A. Harding. With Marius Goring and Belle Chrystal in the title roles. The music is composed by Geoffrey Wright and conducted...

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  6. King Henry VIII (1951 Radio)

    Producer
    R. D. Smith

    Radio version of Shakespeare’ history play adapted and produced by R. D. Smith. With Bruce Belfrage in the title role and Catherine Lacey as Queen Katherine. Harold Pinter plays Lord Abergavenny. With...

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  7. 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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  8. How to Appreciate Shakespeare (1947 Radio)

    Producer
    Stephen Potter

    Satirical skit by S. Potter largely based on his book The Muse in Chains: A Study in Education (1937), an attack on methods of teaching English in Universities. The sketch is performed by Celia Johnson and...

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  9. Hamlet (1938 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Barbara Burnham

    Radio production of the play adapted and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Leslie Howard in the title role.

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  10. Merchant of Venice, The (1937 Radio)

    Producer
    Barbara Burnham

    Abridged version of the play adapted for radio and produced by Barbara Burnham. With Ernest Milton as Shylock and Freda Jackson as Portia.

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