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  1. My Word! From Stratford (1964 Radio)

    aka: My Bard!

    Series
    My Word!
    Producer
    Tony Shyrane

    Radio game show. To mark the quatercentenary, this special edition of the word-game series is devoted to Shakespeare’s works. Dilys Powell, Nancy Spain, Frank Muir and Denis Norden can be heard in the...

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  2. Small World [08/05/1960] (1960 Television)

    Series
    Small World
    Producer
    Edward R Murrow; Fred Friendly

    A US series of informal and topical conversations with guests speaking from different geographical locations, including Dilys Powell from London, Tennessee Williams from Key West, Florida, and Yukio Mishima...

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  3. Matter of Life and Death, A (1948 Radio)

    Producer
    Archie Campbell

    Radio version of the film about RAF pilot (and poet, lunatic and lover) Peter Carter who unwittingly cheats death when he survives bailing out of his plane without a parachute. Originally written and...

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  4. Theatre Programme [28/03/1947] (1947 Radio)

    aka: A Plain Man’s Guide to Shakespeare

    Series
    Theatre Programme
    Producer
    Ayton Whitaker; Peter Watts

    In anticipation of Shakespeare’s birthday the theme of the theatrical review programme is ‘methods of appreciating Shakespeare’. Following the performance of a satirical sketch and a short discussion...

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  5. 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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  6. Tempest, The (1945 Radio)

    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio adaptation of Shakespeare The Tempest arranged by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leon Quartermaine as Prospero and Cherry Cottrell as Ariel, Norman Shelley as Caliban. The music...

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  7. Volunteer, The (1943 Film)

    Director
    Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger
    Producer
    Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger

    Propaganda short feature film. Fred is an inept but willing dresser to a famous actor (Richardson), who makes himself up to play Othello. The news of the invasion of Poland comes in, and (in Othello costume)...

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  8. Hollywood Hotel [04/09/1936] (1936 Radio)

    Series
    Hollywood Hotel
    Director
    George MacGarrett

    Variety show, presented by Louella Parsons, showcasing stars from recent movies. In each episode there was a 20 minute dramatic segment adapting a recent film. In this episode Norma Shearer and Edna May...

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  9. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1935 Film)

    Director
    William Dieterle
    Producer
    Max Reinhardt

    A film based on the Broadway production by Max Reinhardt. A combination of German expressionism and Hollywood realism. Hal Mohr’s cinematography is ‘astonishing, a surreal visual fantasy of dancing...

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  10. Village Squire, The (1935 Film)

    Director
    Reginald Denham
    Producer
    Anthony Havelock-Allan

    Feature film comedy. The local squire insists on staging a production of Macbeth. A visiting film star halts the play’s progress and falls in love with the squire’s daughter.

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