Their Majesties in Shakespeare’s Country

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1090
Date Released
24 Apr 1950
Date submitted
21 Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visit to Stratford-On-Avon. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties and Princess Margaret recently visited Stratford-on-Avon for the first time. They went to Shakespeare’s birthplace and later the royal party was shown round the Memorial Theatre by Lord Iliffe. SHOTLIST: KS. LS theatre on bank of river, with bridge in foreground. Car arrives at Henley Street, birthplace of Shakespeare. Royal Party in grounds. Arrival at Memorial Theatre, received by Lord Iliffe. King, Queen & Princess Margaret watch rehearsal. Cut-ins of rehearsal. Royal Party introduced to Anthony Quayle, Miss Gwen Frangcon Davies & John Gielgud. Cut-ins of crowds outside theatre.
Local distribution only
Also long version (161 seconds) shown in Birmingham release only only.
Keywords
Royalty; Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Stratford-upon-Avon
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
53599
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Their Majesties in Shakespeare’s Country', British Movietone News Issue No. 1090, 24 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16347 (Accessed 13 Mar 2025)