Playing of Shakespeare at Avignon, The (1950 Radio)

Radio report by Merlin Thomas, illustrated by recorded excerpts from productions of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Richard II, performed by the Jean Vilar Company at the Annual Drama Festival in Avignon, France.

Elizabethan Tongue, The (1949 Radio)

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio programme. Passages from the plays of Shakespeare are delivered in what was thought to be their original Elizabethan pronounciation. The programme is introduced by Daniel Jones, Professor Emeritus of...

Falstaff (1949 Radio)

Producer

H. Procter-Gregg

This radio broadcast of Verdi’s ‘Lyrical comedy in three acts’ was the first of six studio performances given by the BBC Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Stanford Robinson. The programme is presented...

Falstaff (1947 Radio)

aka: Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts by Arrigo Boito

Producer

H. Procter-Gregg

Broadcast of Verdi’s last opera, Falstaff, produced for BBC radio by H. Procter-Gregg. Arrigo Boito, who wrote the libretto, adapted and synthesized his underlying story scenario from both The Merry Wives...

King Henry IV. Part 2 (1947 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare’s Historical Plays

Producer

Peter Watts

Radio adaptation of the play by M. R. Ridley. The production was broadcast on the Third Programme as part of a sequence of Shakespeare’s histories. With Sebastian Shaw as Prince Hal and Leon Quartermaine...

King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

First episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....

King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

Second episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff, Sybil Thorndike as Mistress...

King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

Third episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff, Sybil Thorndike as Mistress...

King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

Fourth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as...

King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

Fifth episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....