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  1. King Lear (1967 Radio)

    Producer
    John Richmond

    Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud as Lear. The music is composed and conducted by John Hotchkis and performed by a section of the English...

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  2. Tragedy of King Lear, The (1967 Radio)

    Producer
    John Richmond

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by John Richmond. With John Gielgud in the title role, Derek Godfrey as Edmund and Timothy Bateson as the Fool. The music by John Hotchkis is played by a...

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  3. Troilus and Cressida (1959 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting Peter Watts. With John Scott and Denise Bryer in the title roles and other members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. The music is composed by...

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  4. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1950 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio version of the play produced by Peter Watts. With incidental music by Mendelssohn played by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra. Gilbert Vinter conducts.

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  5. Antony and Cleopatra (1950 Radio)

    Producer
    Frank Hauser

    Shakespeare’s play, produced and adapted for radio by Frank Hauser. Incorporates passages from North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives. Pamela Brown stars as Cleopatra opposite Godfrey Tearle as Mark...

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  6. Fool’s Saga, The (1949 Radio)

    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio play written and produced by Rayner Heppenstall in which he tries to dramatise the story of Amleth, the figure Hamlet is based on, as he occurs in various Scandinavian legends. David King-Wood plays...

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  7. Twelfth Night or What You Will (1947 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Howard Rose

    Radio adaptation of Twelfth Night with Leslie French, Peggy Ashcroft and Thea Holme. Anthony Hulme performs as (narrative) Chorus. Music arranged by Elizabeth Poston, and played by the Aeolian string quartet.

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  8. Macbeth (1947 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    John Richmond

    Radio adapatation of Macbeth with Pamela Brown and Howard Marion-Crawford produced by John Richmond. George Skillan performs as (narrative) Chorus.

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  9. King Henry VI (1947 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare’s Historical Plays
    Producer
    Felix Felton

    Radio adaptation by M. R. Ridley which condenses the three Henry VI plays into one. The production was broadcast on the Third Programme as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With John Byron as...

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  10. Life and Death of King John, The (1947 Radio)

    Series
    International Drama
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio broadcast featuring selected scenes from the play. With Carleton Hobbs as King John, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Philip, the Bastard. The commentary, written by M. R. Ridley, is spoken by Christopher...

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