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  1. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1957 Television)

    Series
    Theatre Flash
    Director
    Michael Benthall

    A 15-minute extract from the stage perfomance relayed from the Old Vic Theatre, London, and presented for television by Derek Burrell-Davis.

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  2. Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1955 Television)

    Series
    Sunday-Night Theatre
    Director
    Glen Byam Shaw
    Producer
    Stephen Harrison (2); Barrie Edgar

    A special telerecording of a Stratford-upon-Avon theatre production staged as part of the Stratford Festival in 1955. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw with a "Christmas card setting" designed by Motley. Even...

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  3. Taming of the Shrew, The (1949 Radio)

    Series
    Theatre Guild on the Air
    Director
    Homer Fickett

    Radio adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Homer Fickett with Burgess Meredith as Petruchio and Joyce Redman as Katherina.

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  4. Ophelia (1947 Radio)

    Series
    Imaginary Conversations
    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio play written for broadcasting by G. W. Stonier. Attempts to motivate Ophelia’s unexplained madness in Hamlet. With incidental music composed by Elizabeth Lutyens and conducted by Edward Clark.

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  5. King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

    Series
    King Henry the Fourth
    Producer
    John Burrell

    Fifth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....

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  6. King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

    Series
    King Henry the Fourth
    Producer
    John Burrell

    Sixth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....

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  7. King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

    Series
    King Henry the Fourth
    Producer
    John Burrell

    Final episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....

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  8. Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The (1945 Radio)

    Director
    Herbert Farjeon
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play arranged for broadcasting by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Carleton Hobbs as Caesar, Godfey Tearle as Antony and Robert Speaight as Brutus....

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  9. All for Love or, The World Well Lost (1937 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Radio version of Dryden’s play of the same name (1678). Based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Dryden’s blank verse take on the story focuses on the clash between the personal and political. In...

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  10. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1937 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Creswell

    Radio broadcast of a gala performance of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy with music by Mendelssohn. Arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. The BBC Orchestra and Chorus are led by Clarence Raybould.

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