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  1. No Bed for Bacon (1994 Radio)

    Series
    Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
    Producer
    Gordon House

    Radio play based on the historical spoof written by Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon, adapted for broadcasting by Patricia Hooker. Shakespeare has a writer’s block over composing what he believes to be his...

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  2. Scottish Play, The (1991 Radio)

    Series
    Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
    Director
    John Cardy

    Graham Holiday’s radio play is about an amateur dramatic company staging of the famously unlucky play. Michael, the director (Geoffrey Collins), casts his wife and best friend Frank as the Macbeths, little...

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  3. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1966 Radio)

    Producer
    John Gibson

    Full-length radio version of the play produced by John Gibson, starring Kenneth Griffith in the title role, Deryck Guyler as Claudius and Mary Wimbush as Gertrude. John Westbrook narrates.

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  4. Hamlet (Part 2) (1964 Radio)

    Series
    Best of Shakespeare, The

    Radio broadcast. As part of a series of 26 weekly programmes "designed as an anthology of the best-known and best-loved speeches and scenes" from Shakespeare’s better known plays, this episode (16)...

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  5. Macbeth (1956 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio version of Macbeth adapted and produced by Peter Watts. With Michael Hordern and Mary Wimbush as the Macbeths. Brian Haines acts the part of Raphael Holinshed, the chronicler/narrator. The pipe music...

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  6. Taming of the Shrew, The (1954 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Full-length radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Watts. With Mary Wimbush as Kate and Joseph O’Conor as Petruchio. The music is collected and arranged by...

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  7. Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1953 Radio)

    Producer
    Raymond Raikes

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced by Raymond Raikes. With Michael Hordern in the title role, Diana Maddox as Marina and Cyril Shaps as Gower. The music is composed and conducted by...

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  8. Timon of Athens (1953 Radio)

    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Heavily cut radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Peter Watts. With Valentine Dyall in the title role. The chronicler (narrator) in this adaptation is Neanthes of...

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