Tragedy of Macbeth, The (1933 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud; E. A. Harding

Shakespeare’s tragedy presented for broadcasting in twelve scenes by Barbara Burnham, produced by Val Gielgud and E. A. Harding. The cast includes Ralph Richardson as Macbeth and Martita Hunt as Lady...

Readings from Shakespeare - 1, Macbeth (1933 Radio)

Series

English Literature

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio schools broadcast. Dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s play with a short introduction to scenes used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 11-14 year old schoolchildren.

'Macbeth’ Broadcast, The (1933 Radio)

Radio talk by BBC Productions Director Val Gielgud on the making of the recent broadcast version of Macbeth (12/3/1933; see separate entry) for which he was the joint producer. Gielgud discusses current...

Shakespeare’s Birthday (1933 Radio)

Series

Wireless Military Band, The

Radio programme. The Wireless Military Band conducted by B. Walton O’Donnell plays the Overture to Sullivan’s Macbeth and Suite from Henry VIII, German’s ‘Three Dances’ from As You Like It,...

Macbeth from the Artist Designer’s Point of View (1933 Radio)

Series

Making a Play

Radio broadcast. Theatre designer Albert Rutherston, who has worked on the set and costume design for Granville Barker’s production of The Winter’s Tale (1912), describes how he would go about setting...

Sir Johnson Forbes-Robertson and Dame Sybil Thorndike (1933 Radio)

Series

Stars in Their Courses

Radio broadcast. Dramatic critic James Agate reviews Forbes-Robertson’s and Thorndike’s career on the English stage. The talk is illustrated with extracts from recordings featuring Forbes-Robertson as...

Lewis Waller, Sir Herbert Tree and Arthur Bourchier (1933 Radio)

Series

Stars in Their Courses

Radio broadcast. Dramatic critic James Agate illustrates the history of sixty years of dramatic art on the English stage with recorded extracts from Shakespearean plays. Featuring Lewis Waller as Henry V,...

Macbeth (1931 Radio)

Series

Radio Guild

Director

Vernon Radcliffe

Radio adaptation of Macbeth by Vernon Radcliffe with Florence Malone and Charles Webster as the Macbeths.

Scenes from ‘Macbeth’ (1931 Radio)

Series

Dramatic Reading

Schools radio broadcast. Dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth with Ralph Richardson and Philip Wade.

Tests. Mrs Patrick Campbell Screen Test (1930 Film)

A compilation of screen tests given by Mrs Patrick Campbell. Includes the sleepwalking scene from Macbeth, Palleas and Melisande (sound only), Yiddish dialect from The Matriach (sound only), and a scene from...