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Merchant of Venice, The (1938 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare Cycle (Cbc)

Director

Charles Warburton

CBC Radio drama. Scenes from The Merchant of Venice directed and adapted for radio by Charles Warburton.

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Merchant of Venice, The (1938 Radio)

Series

Magic Key of Rca, The

Radio variety series. To honour Shakespeare’s birthday Lauritz Melchior, Eva La Gallienne and others perform scenes from The Merchant of Venice.

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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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Morocco Calf: A Whimsy in One Act (1936 Radio)

Radio play by James R. Gregson. Set in Portia’s house in Belmont, it begins with the Prince of Morocco making his fateful casket choice in blank verse. When he begins to quote lines from other plays, an...

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From the London Theatre: Scene from ‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1935 Radio)

This episode of the weekly radio theatre programme introduces Jewish actor Maurice Schwartz. The broadcast contains a scene from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice acted by members of the Yiddish Art...

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Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays (1935 Radio)

Radio broadcast. The Western Studio Orchestra lead by Frank Thomas plays incidental music to Shakespeare’s plays. Nicolai’s Overture for The Merry Wives of Windsor is followed by Mendelssohn’s Scherzo...

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Merchant of Venice, The (1934 Radio)

Producer

Cyril Wood

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by Cyril Wood with Stephen Haggard (Bassanio), Abraham Sofaer (Shylock) and Celia Johnson (Portia). Music by the Vocal Octet.

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Readings from Shakespeare - 4, The Merchant of Venice (1934 Radio)

Series

English Literature

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio schools broadcast. Dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s play with a short introduction to scenes used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 11-14 year old schoolchildren.

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Norman O’Neil Programme, A: Music to Shakespeare’s Plays (1934 Radio)

aka: Music to Shakespeare’s Plays

Norman O’Neill conducts the Wireless Chorus and the BBC Orchestra in a concert of his own music, written for Shakespeare’s plays. The Orchestra plays the Overture from ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Three...

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Merchant of Venice, The (1934 Radio)

Series

English Literature: Reading from Shakespeare

Schools radio broadcast. A dramatic reading from The Merchant of Venice with Carleton Hobbs and Rosalinde Fuller.

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