SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

... The Food of Love

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. Incidental music and songs to Shakespeare’s plays sung by David Hutchinson (tenor) and performed by the Wireless Orchestra conducted by John Ansell. Includes music by Sullivan (Overture ‘Macbeth’), Humperdinck (Intermezzo, ‘Ferdinand and Miranda’ from The Tempest; Satyr Dance from ‘A Winter’s Tale’); Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco ('The Fool’ from ‘Six Short Songs from ‘King Lear’, ‘The Peddlar’ from ‘A Winter’s Tale’); Balakirev’s Overture from ‘King Lear’; German’s Bouree and Gigue from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and ‘Three Dances from Henry VIII’; songs by Vaughan Williams and Quilter; and the Overture from ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ from Nicolai.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

7 Jan 1929 at 21:35 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

70 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Arthur Sullivan; Edward German; Engelbert Humperdinck; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev; Otto Nicolai; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Roger Quilter

Contributor

John Ansell

Cast

David Hutchinson

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Henry VIII; King Lear; Macbeth; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Much Ado About Nothing; Tempest, The; Winter’s Tale, The

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Transmitted from London and Daventry 5XX station.

Reviews

For more detail on the music played in this programme, see Radio Times, 4 January 1929, p.18.
Source: BBC Programme Records 1929-1932, The Times

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)