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  1. Romeo Coates: A Portrait of Failure (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Stephen Potter

    Portrait written by Edith Sitwell of would-be-actor and English eccentric Robert ‘Romeo’ Coates, also known as Cock-a-doodle-doo Coates. Son of a West Indian millionaire, Coates arrived in England with...

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  2. King Lear (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Scenes from the play arranged as a sequence for radio broadcasting by Peter Creswell. With Abraham Sofaer in the title role and William Hutchison as narrator.

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  3. Little Miss Rosalind or What Have You? (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    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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  4. Marsiandiwr o Venice, Y (1939 Radio)

    aka: Merchant of Venice, The

    Producer
    Dafydd Gruffydd

    Shakespeare’s The Merchant in Venice broadcast in Welsh. Produced for radio by Dafydd Gruffydd, translated into Welsh by J.T. Jones of Bangor.

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  5. Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Carl Ebert

    Verdi’s Macbeth relayed live in its entirety from the Glyndebourne Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

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  6. Crowner’s Quest (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Edward Wilkinson

    An Elizabethan detective story written by Eric Barber in which Shakespeare unravels the mystery surrounding the death of Marlowe in a tavern brawl. Includes a scene in the inn at Deptford in which...

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  7. Venus and Adonis (1939 Radio)

    aka: Masque for the Entertainment of the King, A

    Radio broadcast of John Blow’s miniature opera which is based on the classical fable of Venus and Adonis. Anthony Lewis conducts The Boyd Neel Orchestra and The BBC Singers.

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  8. Falstaff Goes to War: An Interlude (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Interlude based on scenes from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, in which Falstaff roisters off to battle. Arranged and produced for radio by Peter Creswell. With D. A. Clarke-Smith as Falstaff.

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  9. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    John Cheatle

    Radio production of the last act of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Norman Shelley as Bottom.

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  10. Shakespeare’s Songs (1939 Radio)

    Radio programme of Shakespeare songs composed by J. S. Stevens, G. A. Macfarren, E. J. Morean, Geoffrey Shaw and Edward German. The BBC Singers are conducted by Trevor Harvey.

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