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Two Gentleman of Verona (1924 Radio)
- Series
- Literary Night
- Producer
- Joyce Tremayne; R. E. Jeffrey
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced for broadcasting by Joyce Tremayne in collaboration with R. E. Jeffrey. With Mcintodh Mowatt as Duke. Ruby Mailer from the Quintette sings ‘Who is Sylvia?'....
News and Views of the Theatre [02/01/1924] (1924 Radio)
- Series
- News and Views of the Theatre
Talk by BBC radio’s first drama critic Archibald Haddon. In his review of Nigel Playfair’s revival of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Haddons praises director William...
Scenes from Shakespeare [16/02/1923] (1923 Radio)
First BBC radio drama broadcast. There is conflicting evidence on the exact content and cast of this programme. BBC Programme Records only credits a single scene from Julius Caesar as being performed by...
Twelfth Night (1923 Radio)
- Producer
- Cathleen Nesbitt
Shakespeare’s comedy adapted for radio and produced by Cathleen Nesbitt, who also plays both Viola and Sebastian to Gerald Lawrence’s Orsino. With music by Henry Purcell performed by the Wireless...
British Empire Shakespeare Society (1923 Radio)
aka: Excerpts from Shakespeare
A ‘Shakespeare Night’ programme transmitted in two parts. Initiated by the British Empire Shakespeare Society, the programme was comprised of play readings. Part 1: 'Trial scene’ and ‘Casket...
Miss Ellen Terry’s Concert (1923 Radio)
- Producer
- Cecil A. Lewis
Radio programme. Violet Vanbrugh recites Catherine of Aragon’s speech from the ‘Trial Scene’ in a 60-minute programme that is comprised of a variety of music pieces composed by Mozart and a "Message of...
Merchant of Venice, The (1923 Radio)
Full-length radio adaptation of the play starring Gerald Lawrence as Shylock and Cathleen Nesbitt as Portia. Music (three Entractes from the Purcell Suite in C) is provided by the Wireless Quartet under the...
Romeo and Juliet (1923 Radio)
- Producer
- Cathleen Nesbitt
Radio adaptation of the play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Cathleen Nesbitt. With Cathleen Nesbitt and Ernest Milton in the title roles. Edward German’s Romeo and Juliet is the music used in...
Mr. William MacReady and Miss Edna Godfrey Turner in a Few Scenes from Shakespeare (1923 Radio)
aka: Mr. William MacReady and Miss Edna Godfrey Turner in a Dramatic Duologue
Radio broadcast relayed from BBC Birmingham in a half-hour slot in which the performance of scenes from Shakespeare follow a musical recital by the Ivanhoe Prize Quartette of Leicester. At 22:00 the two...
Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1923 Radio)
- Producer
- Cathleen Nesbitt
Full-length radio adaptation of the play arranged by Cathleen Nesbitt who also performs as Puck alongside Ernest Milton as Oberon and Nigel Playfair as Bottom. With a prologue by Cecil A. Lewis. Incidental...