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32 results found for '"World Theatre"' in Series.

  • Love’s Labour’s Lost (1979 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Director
    David Spenser

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play directed by David Spenser, starring Anna Massey as Princess of France and Paul Scofield as Don Adriano. The music is composed by Derek Oldfield and is played by the...

  • Romeo and Juliet (1970 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    John Tydeman

    Radio play produced by John Tydeman with Ian McKellen and Anna Calder-Marshall in the title roles.

  • Life and Death of King John, The (1967 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre

    Full-length radio adaptation of the play arranged by Raymond Raikes with Robert Eddison as King John. The music is composed by Thomas Eastwood and the BBC Welsh Orchestra is conducted by Lionel Salter.

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1966 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Rayner Heppenstall that uses Charles and Mary Lamb’s summary of the play from their Tales from Shakespeare as narrative...

  • Tragedy of Macbeth, The (1960 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Charles Lefeaux

    Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Charles Lefeaux. With Stephen Murray and Mary Morris as the Macbeths and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. Music and sound are specially...

  • Julius Caesar (1959 Television)

    Series
    BBC Television World Theatre
    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Producer
    Stuart Burge

    Televised version of the play, with Robert Perceval as Caesar and Eric Porter as Brutus. According to its producer, Stuart Burge, the production strives "for a true and lively interpretation of the text, but...

  • Coriolanus (1959 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    John Gibson

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced by John Gibson. With Patrick Wymark in the title role and Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Volumnia. The music is composed by John Buckland and conducted by Peter...

  • Romeo and Juliet (1958 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Val Gielgud

    Radio version of Shakespeare’s tragedy adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced for broadcasting by Val Gielgud. With June Tobin and Gabriel Woolf in the lead and Marius Goring as Mercutio. The music is drawn...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1958 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Michael Bakewell

    Shakespeare’s play produced for radio by Michael Powell. With Irene Worth as Portia, Harry Andrews as Shylock and other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company.

  • Henry V, The Life of (1957 Television)

    Series
    BBC Television World Theatre
    Director
    Peter Dews
    Producer
    Peter Dews

    First televised adaptation of the play broadcast in the Television World Theatre series. Directed and produced by Peter Dews, with John Neville as Henry V and Bernard Hepton as Chorus/Shakespeare.