SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A mixed radio programme comprised of music and 10-minute excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays. The musical pieces are played by the Glasgow Station Orchestra (with Herbert A. Carruthers as conductor). Effie Cotton (soprano) sings Shakespearean songs. Bertha Waddell and Robert Donat perform scenes from various plays. The broadcast opens with the H.R. Bishop’s Overture to As You Like It and is followed by a performance of Act III, scene ii from the play. Shakespeare songs are grouped around a performance of The Tempest (III i) and Twelfth Night (II iv) and the programme closes with incidental music for Henry VIII by Sullivan.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

16 Aug 1926 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Bertha Waddell	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Bertha Waddell	Miranda
Robert Donat	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Robert Donat	Ferdinand

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

As You Like It; Tempest, The; Twelfth Night

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Transmitted from Glasgow.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)