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6 results found for '"Douglas Cleverdon"' in Person.

  • Sounds and Sweet Airs (1962 Television)

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Two scenes from The Tempest with music by Elizabeth Poston conducted by John Russell. An experiment in stereo broadcasting; the programme was transmitted on Network 3 wavelengths (medium wave and VHF) (left)...

  • Desdemona (1957 Radio)

    Series
    Writing for Radio
    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Subtitled ‘An extension of the story of ‘Othello’ set in modern times’, this radio play by Robert Phillips focuses on the Othello-Desdemona-Iago relationship and places it in a 20th century setting....

  • 'Great Desire I Had’: Shakespeare and Italy, The (1952)

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Radio play written by Henry Reed and produced for broadcasting by Douglas Cleverdon. Set in Italy in 1593, this dramatic speculation sends William Shakespeare (Marius Goring) to Ferrara, Verona, Padua,...

  • Tempest, The; Or, The Enchanted Island (1950 Radio)

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Radio version of the Davenant/Dryden/Shadwell adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for which Henry Purcell wrote the music in 1695. With Robert Harris as Prospero. Constant Lambert conducts the Covent...

  • Music in Shakespeare (1947 Radio)

    aka: Shakespeare and His Musicians

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    Radio programme on Shakespeare’s dramatic use of contemporary music and songs. Alec Guinness, who presents the programme, is supported by the Dolmetsch Consort of Viols and Recorders, and players,...

  • Shakespeare and His England (1947 Radio)

    Producer
    Douglas Cleverdon

    A radio anthology on the English setting and English character as portrayed in the plays of Shakespeare. Includes performances by Abraham Sofaer, Cherry Cottrell, and others. With commentary by G. H. W....