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4 results found for '"Stephen Potter"' in Person.

  • How to Appreciate Shakespeare (1947 Radio)

    Producer
    Stephen Potter

    Satirical skit by S. Potter largely based on his book The Muse in Chains: A Study in Education (1937), an attack on methods of teaching English in Universities. The sketch is performed by Celia Johnson and...

  • Romeo Coates: A Portrait of Failure (1939 Radio)

    Producer
    Stephen Potter

    Portrait written by Edith Sitwell of would-be-actor and English eccentric Robert ‘Romeo’ Coates, also known as Cock-a-doodle-doo Coates. Son of a West Indian millionaire, Coates arrived in England with...

  • William Ireland’s Confession (1939 Radio)

    Series
    Columbia Workshop
    Director
    Stephen Potter

    Radio drama by Arthur Miller about the Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. Ireland’s ghost narrates the story.

  • Poets and Poetry: Shakespeare (1937 Radio)

    Series
    Senior English

    Schools radio broadcast on Shakespeare’s poetry. Part of a series on English poets and poetry planned by Mary Somerville and written by Stephen Potter.