Macbeth Follies (1940 Audio)

Unbroadcast sound material comprising a short self-reflexive spoof recorded privately by Mercury Theatre members in April, 1940, entitled Macbeth Follies. Welles recites from III ii ‘we have scotch’d the...

Macbeth (1940 Audio)

Series

Mercury Text Records

Director

Orson Welles

Commercial audio recording of a condensed version of Shakespeare’s play starring Orson Welles in the title role and Fay Bainter as Lady Macbeth. Welles’ adaptation reduces the plays’ acts from five to...

Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1939 Radio)

Producer

Carl Ebert

Verdi’s Macbeth relayed live in its entirety from the Glyndebourne Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

Macbeth, King of Scotland (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

A radio sequence of the play arranged for broadcasting by C. Denis Freeman. Starring Godfrey Tearle and Cathleen Nesbitt as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Macbeth (1939 Radio)

Series

Great Plays

Director

Charles Warburton

Radio broadcast of Macbeth adapted by Charles Warburton with Florence Malone and Alfred Shirley as the Macbeths.

Glyndebourne Festival Macbeth (1938 Radio)

aka: Macbeth

Producer

Carl Ebert

Acts III and IV of Verdi’s Othello relayed live from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera House. Produced by Carl Ebert, Fritz Busch conducts the Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

Jwala (1938 Film)

Director

Vinayek

Feature film fantasy about a good general Angar (Chandramohan) who is corrupted by ambition. Echoing Macbeth, Angar is told by the witch Kuntala (Ashalata) that his king (Bulbule) will die and that he will...

We Work Again (1937 Multimedia)

aka: Voodoo Macbeth Macbeth

Director

Orson Welles

The only known footage of the stage production of Macbeth produced by the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre project of the WPA and directed by Orson Welles. The play was staged at the New Lafayette...

Margaret Rawlings and Henry Oscar in Scenes from ‘Macbeth’ (1937 Television)

Series

Scenes from Shakespeare

Director

George More O’Ferrall

Producer

George More O’Ferrall

Television programme featuring scenes based on Macbeth. Although no recording of this early television production is extant, the cast list suggests that the scene shown was III iv. With Henry Oscar as...

Hey, Hey, McBeth!: A Comedy with Music (1937 Radio)

Producer

Robin Russell

Radio broadcast of Macbeth as a musical comedy. Both Holinshed and Shakespeare are mentioned as inspirational source but the play seems to have been ‘improved’ out of all recognition by writer duo Jack...