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  1. Tragedy of Macbeth, The (1951 Radio)

    Series
    Festival World Theatre
    Producer
    Raymond Raikes

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by Raymond Raikes, starring Donald Wolfit and Catherine Lacey as the Macbeths. With music composed and directed by John Hotchkis.

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  2. Tempest, The; Or, The Enchanted Island (1950 Radio)

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Radio version of the Davenant/Dryden/Shadwell adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for which Henry Purcell wrote the music in 1695. With Robert Harris as Prospero. Constant Lambert conducts the Covent...

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  3. Road to Dunsinane, The (1950 Radio)

    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio work written by Michael Innes that speculates in dramatic form the historical circumstances that might have induced Shakespeare to write Macbeth. The first part of the programme presents the historical...

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  4. Measure for Measure (1948 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Wilfrid Grantham

    Radio adapatation of the play by M. R. Ridley. With Leon Quartermaine as the Duke, Dennis Arundell as Angelo and Rachel Gurney as Isabella. Produced by Wilfrid Grantham. Cyril Gardiner narrates.

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  5. Shakespeare’s Country (1947 Radio)

    Series
    Wednesday Matinee
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio play written by Blair (pseudonym for W. W. Blair-Fish), dramatising Shakespeare’s youth in the Midlands.

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  6. Senior English II: King Henry V (1945 Radio)

    aka: King Henry V

    Series
    Schools

    Schools broadcast of scenes of Shakespeare’s play in the BBC ‘Senior English II’ slot. With Carleton Hobbs as narrator and Howard M. Crawford as King Henry.

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  7. Faulconbridge (1944 Radio)

    Series
    Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio broadcast about King John that focuses on the Faulconbridge family issues. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.

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  8. Senior English II: Julius Caesar (1942 Radio)

    aka: Julius Caesar

    Series
    Schools

    Three-part schools broadcast of Julius Caesar arranged by Douglas Alan. The introductory programme relates the plot and characters of Shakespeare’s play with the current situation in Nazi Germany and the...

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  9. Pyramus and Thisbe (1937 Television)

    Director
    Jan Bussell
    Producer
    Jan Bussell

    A televised extract of the play produced by Jan Bussell which shows Bottom and his ‘theatre company’ staging the ‘lamentable comedy’ of Pyramus and Thisbe.

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  10. Immortal Gentleman, The (1935 Film)

    Director
    Widgey R. Newman
    Producer
    Widgey R. Newman

    Feature film. William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a tavern in Southwark. Shakespeare points out people who remind him of scenes from his plays. A wistful woman reminds him of Juliet,...

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