SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio programme comprised of songs from or inspired by Shakespeare’s plays and a performance of a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
From 21:00-21:10 Gilbert Bailey (baritone) sings songs from Twelfth Night:"O Mistress Mine" (W.M.Byrd, 1600), "Come Away, Death" (J.H. Arne, 1741), "When That I Was" (J. Vernon, 1763). These are followed by "Under the Greenwood Tree" from As You Like It (J. H. Arne, 1741) and "Sign No More, Ladies" from Much Ado About Nothing (Stevens, 1790). At 21:10 Nora Delmarr (soprano) presents Morley’s "It Was a Lover and His Lass" and Arne’s "Where the Bee Sucks". At 21:20 J.C.B. Carter and Isabel Emery perform the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. From 21:40-21:50 Bailey presents "Who is Sylvia" (Schubert’s take on Two Gentleman of Verona), Quilter’s "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" from King Lear and Hubert Parry’s "England", inspired by Gaunt’s speech in Richard II. Nora Delmarr ends the programme with a rendition of Arne’s "When Icicles hang by the Wall".

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

31 May 1924 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

60 mins

Availability

No recording extant

Credits

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Franz Schubert; Hubert Parry; J. H. Arne; J. Vernon; Morley; Roger Quilter; Stevens; William Byrd

Cast

Gilbert Bailey
Isabel Emery
J. C. B. Carter
Nora Delmarr

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It; King Lear; Much Ado About Nothing; Richard II; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; Two Gentlemen of Verona, The

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Broadcast from BBC Bournemouth.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)