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  • Shakespeare and Broadcasting (1923 Radio)

    Radio broadcast. A short talk by dramatic critic and writer S. R. Littlewood on the subject of broadcasting Shakespeare is the first item in a mixed variety programme of music and light entertainment.

  • Success (1923 Film)

    Director
    Ralph Ince
    Producer
    Murray W. Garsson

    Melodrama. Carleton, a celebrated Shakespearian actor, is unable to cope with his success and becomes an alcoholic. His wife, Jane, finally leaves him, taking their young daughter with her. Years pass and...

  • Life and Death of Falstaff (1923 Radio)

    aka: Falstaff

    Radio broadcast. The Times listings entry for this programme reads:'Life and death of "Falstaff," "Falstaff," Mr. Ivor Thomas: songs." (10 July 1923, p.12). The programme is preceded by a ca. 15-minute talk...

  • News and Views of the Theatre [05/09/1923] (1923 Radio)

    Series
    News and Views of the Theatre

    Talk by BBC radio’s first drama critic Archibald Haddon. Among the various stage plays that he praises for their comic qualities, he discusses J. M. Barrie’s ‘Rosalind’. A "comedy of...

  • News and Views of the Theatre [26/09/1923] (1923 Radio)

    Series
    News and Views of the Theatre

    Talk by BBC radio’s first drama critic Archibald Haddon featuring a review of Cymbeline at the New Theatre, London with Sybil Thorndike as Imogen. Haddon recommends the play for being produced "on...

  • As You Like It (1923 Radio)

    Radio broadcast. Lee Dixon and his company perform scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. No further information available (6/2008).

  • King John (1923 Radio)

    Radio broadcast of Act IV i of Shakespeare’s King John as part of a mixed variety programme comprised of musical performances and a talk by station director Corbett-Smith as ‘Mr Everyman’. The scene is...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1922 Film)

    Series
    Tense Moments from Great Plays
    Director
    Challis Sanderson
    Producer
    Harry B. Parkinson

    Condensed version of the play with Ivan Berlyn as Shylock and Sybil Thorndike as Portia.

  • Macbeth (1922 Film)

    Series
    Tense Moments from Great Plays
    Director
    Harry B. Parkinson
    Producer
    Harry B. Parkinson

    Condensed version of the play with Russell and Sybil Thorndike as the Macbeths.

  • Macbeth (1922 Film)

    Director
    Heinz Schall

    Fiction film of Macbeth directed by Heinz Schall and adapted by Fritz Kaufmann and Eugen Klöpfer. No further details known.