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Symphony Concert (1927 Radio)
aka: Romeo and Juliet
Radio broadcast of Romeo and Juliet, Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony to words from Shakespeare’s play relayed from the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. Sir Hamilton Horty conducts the Halle Opera and...
Romeo and Juliet (Gounod) (1927 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Gounod’s opera is performed by The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Percy Pitt, with Parry Jones and Miriam Licette in the leading parts.
Romeo e Giulietta (1927 Film)
Musical short. An early sound film using Lee De Forest’s sound film process and featuring a song from Gounod’s opera Romeo et Juliette sung by Otakar Marak and Mary Cavanova.
Shakespearian Hour (1927 Radio)
Radio broadcast. A mixed Shakespeare programme of performance and music presented by William Macready and Edna Godfrey Turner. Songs by Gertrude Davies (soprano).
Echoes from the Greenleaf Theatre (1927 Radio)
Radio broadcast. A mixed programme composed of music, talk and performance. The Station Trio plays ‘Music of Elizabethan Days’, the Greenleaf Players perform scenes from Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen in...
Excerpts from ‘Othello’ (1926 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Dame Nellie Melba performs excerpts from Verdi’s opera from the Old Vic Theatre, London.
Shakespeare and St. George (1926 Radio)
aka: St. George for Merrie England
Radio programme commemorating Shakespeare’s birth. The programme is introduced by Basil Dean. John Drinkwater talks about the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Milton Rosmer recites John of Gaunt’s Speech...
Romeo and Juliet (Gounod) (1926 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Act II of Gounod’s opera is performed by The British National Opera Company, Manchester.
Shakespeare’s Songs (1926 Radio)
Radio broadcast. Lecture by Richard Noble with illustrations by Janet Christopher and Beatrice Beaufort.
Seven Ages of Man, The - A Pageant in Speech and Music (1925 Radio)
Radio programme in which pieces of classical music and speech illustrate the seven ages of Jaques’s speech from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The Wireless Orchestra is conducted by Stanford Robinson....