SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Musical radio show. A spin-off series derived from Your Hit Parade and devoted to all-time favourites and standards mixed with some current hits. In what at first appears to be a dramatic scene from the boyhood of Woodrow Wilson, his father holds an old volume of Shakespeare and reads Polonius’ lines ‘This above all - to thine old self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day/Thou canst not be false to any man’. This is claimed as the key to Wilson’s life but soon turns into the sponsor’s cigarette commercial. [With acknowledgment to Michael P. Jensen for the description].

Series

Your Old Time Hit Parade

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

11 Jun 1944 at 19:00 (Channel: NBC)

Duration

30 mins

Additional Details

Production type

Advertising/Trailers/Promos

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

advertising; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Quiz shows

Notes

Notes

The series (108 programmes) is sold as an MP3 CD.

Production Company

Name

NBC

Sponsor

Name

Lucky Strike Cigarettes

Online Retailer

Name

oldclassicradio.com

Web

http://www.oldclassicradio.com External site opens in new window

Address

Original Old Radio of Yesteryear
P.O. Box 522
Berea
KT 40403-0522