SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

US radio variety show. This episode includes a one-act play ‘There’s Always Juliet’. A young couple fall in love shortly after meeting and agree that it is too soon for marriage. Dwight (Ameche) says that Romeo and Juliet fell in love just as swiftly. They pull a copy of the play from the shelf and read together the sonnet that the lovers share in I v. As he gets up to go Dwight says "This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath" (II ii). She (Carroll) asks him to stop saying it is too early for such words, but after he has left she quotes more from that scene. "I have no joy of this contract tonight. It’s too rash, too unadvised, too sudden". The playlet ends wistfully and the programme moves on to an aria by Massanet. [With acknowledgment to Michael P. Jensen for providing the description].

Series

Chase and Sanborn Hour, The

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

30 Oct 1938 at 20:00 (Channel: NBC Red)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Earl Ebi

Cast

Don Ameche	Dwight (Romeo)
Madeleine Carroll	Juliet
Dorothy Lamour
Eddie Bergen
Nelson Eddy

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Sponsor

Name

Chase and Sanborn Coffee

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division

Web

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Phone

(202) 707-7833

Address

Recorded Sound Reference Centre
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Room LM-113
Washington, DC 20540

Online Retailer

Name

originaloldradio.com

Web

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Address

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