SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio programme. Sir Frank Benson recites from Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. Recitals alternate with selections of "appropriate musical numbers" (The Times programme listings). These consisted of Roger Quilter’s Shakespearean songs ("It Was A Lover and His Lass", "Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away", "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind", "O Mistress Mine"), and Henry Rowley Bishop’s "Bid Me Discourse", sung by Ethel M. Stanley (mezzo-soprano) and Robert D. Strangeways (baritone). The Newcastle Wireless Orchestra plays music by Mendelssohn (incidental music for The Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Edward German (Henry VIII Dances).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

24 Dec 1923 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No archive copy extant

Credits

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Edward German; Felix Mendelssohn; Henry Rowland Bishop; Roger Quilter

Cast

Ethel M. Stanley
F. R. Benson
Robert D. Strangeways

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra; Hamlet; Henry V; Henry VIII; Midsummer Night’s Dream, A; Othello; Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); songs

Notes

Notes

Relayed from BBC Newcastle this programme was transmitted simultaneously on BBC London albeit in a slightly abridged version.

Reviews

Source: Radio Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)