SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Shakespearian Programme, Scenes and Music

Synopsis

Radio programme dedicated to Shakespeare’s works. The broadcast, comprised of music and scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, is thematically grouped into a section on ‘Tragedy’ and a section of ‘Comedy’. Excerpts of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays are performed under the direction of R. E. Jeffrey.
Part 1 (Tragedy) includes: "Othello", a suite by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor performed by the J. H. Squire Celeste Octet; a play-reading of Hamlet (III.iv); the Octet plays a short selection from Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and the overture to Bach’s Hamlet; Norman Notley (baritone) sings "Take, O Take Those Lips Away" (R. Quilter); actors speak Othello Act III, scene ii.
Part 2 (Comedy):
The Octet plays movements from the suite "The Merchant of Venice" (Rosse) , the overture to Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and to Nicolai’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; Norman Notley sings "I Know a Bank" (Martin Shaw), "O Mistress Mine" (Benjamin Dale), "Full Fathom Five" (Gordon Bryan), "Under the Greenwood Tree" (Parry); play readings include Twelfth Night (I v) and As You Like It (IV i).

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

21 Jul 1925 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Director

R. E. Jeffrey

Music

Benjamin Dale; Charles Gounod; Frederick Rosse; Gordon Bryan; Hubert Parry; Martin Shaw (2); Otto Nicolai; Philipp Emanuel Bach; Roger Quilter; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Cast

Edmund Willard
Henry Le Grand
Henry Oscar
Howard Rose
Irene Rooke
Margaret Halstan
Tarver Penna

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It; Hamlet; Othello; Twelfth Night

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Simultaneous broadcast to all stations except Chelmsford.

Reviews

Source: The Times, Radio Times

Related

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)