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Adoulotoi Sklavoi (1946 Film)

Director

Vion Papamihalis; Marios Ploritis

Feature film. On the eve of World War II in Athens, a group of young people have established a theatrical group, planning to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The outbreak of war, however, changes...

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Matter of Life and Death, A (1945 Film)

aka: Stairway to Heaven

Director

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

Producer

Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

A British wartime aviator who cheats death by miraculously surviving bailing out of his plane without a parachute must argue for his life before a celestial court. Fantasy film, ostensibly produced with the...

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Music from Shakespeare (1945 Radio)

Series

Music from Shakespeare

13-part weekly radio series on music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Each episode focuses on a different play and is introduced by a different presenter (see below). Where an edition of London Calling was...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1945 Radio)

Producer

Howard Rose

Radio version of the play adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced by Howard Rose. With David King-Wood as Oberon and Peggy Ashcrofy as Titania, Leslie French is Puck.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1944 Radio)

Series

Readings from Shakespeare

Director

Andrew Allan

Radio series. Educational programme designed to introduce students to Shakespeare’s plays.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1944 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio version of the play adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced by Val Gielgud. With Robert Helpmann as Oberon and Max Adrian as Puck. Incidental music by Mendelssohn.

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Titania (1943 Radio)

Series

Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio broadcast of an excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream that focuses on the character of Titania. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.

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Summer’s Lease (1942 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio programme featuring a pastoral sequence from Shakespeare’s plays, songs and sonnets, prefaced by Sonnet 18 from which the title is derived. Includes scenes from As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s...

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Shakespeare Songs (1941 Radio)

Series

Music of Britain, The

Radio programme comprised of Shakespeare songs conducted by Trevor Harvey and sung by the BBC singers. The songs include: Who is Sylvia? (German) Ye spotted snakes (Geoffrey Shaw) Sigh no more, ladies (E. J....

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Love in Idleness: Fairy Scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1941 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham; John Burrell

Radio broadcast consisting of a sequence of fairy scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy with a cast of children playing fairies and clowns. Produced by Barbara Burnham and John Burrell, it stars Ralph...

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