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St. Crispin’s Day (1925 Radio)
Radio programme commemorating the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt with music and scenes from Shakespeare’s histories. The Belfast Station Orchestra performs the Overture to Nicolai’s The Merry...
Otello (1925 Radio)
aka: Othello
Acts II and III of Verdi’s opera performed by the British National Opera Company. The programme was relayed from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
St. George’s Day (1925 Radio)
aka: Shakespeare for Merrie England
- Producer
- R. E. Jeffrey
Radio programme commemorating Shakespeare’s birth. Among the variety of items broadcast is music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays and a performance of King Richard II, Act II, Scene i. After the news at...
Shakespeare Night [19/06/1925] (1925 Radio)
aka: Shakespeare Song and Story
Radio programme. Actors William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner perform excerpts from five Shakespeare’s plays, Catherine Paterson (mezzo-contralto) sings a number of Shakespearean songs, and the music of...
Evening with Shakespeare, An (1925 Radio)
Radio programme dedicated to Shakespeare’s works in music and verse. J. Forbes Knowles and Neil Mclean perform Act III, iii of Much Ado About Nothing (19:55-20.05) and the ‘tent scene’ (III iii) from...
Othello (1924 Radio)
Act III of Verdi’s opera relayed from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Shakespeare Night [18/11/1924] (1924 Radio)
Shakespeare-themed radio programme. Orchestral music, mainly by Mendelssohn, Germain and Sullivan, with old and modern settings of Shakespearean lyrics followed by passages from The Taming of the Shrew....
Music in Shakespeare’s Day (1924 Radio)
Radio programme. Philip Wilson illustrates his talk about music in Shakespeare’s time by singing songs composed by Shakespeare’s contemporaries which are mentioned in the plays. The songs included "Jog...
Shakespeare Night [31/05/1924] (1924 Radio)
Radio programme comprised of songs from or inspired by Shakespeare’s plays and a performance of a scene from Romeo and Juliet. From 21:00-21:10 Gilbert Bailey (baritone) sings songs from Twelfth Night:"O...
Shakespeare Evening [08/11/1923] (1923 Radio)
aka: Shakespeare Programme
Radio programme. Members of The British Empire Society perform scenes from Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and one extract from Hamlet. The transmission of these extracts is alternated with the following...