SHAKESPEARE

Falstaff (1949 Radio)

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Radio broadcast. Live recording of Verdi’s Falstaff from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Leonard Warren is Falstaff. Staged by Herbert Graf. Fritz Reiner conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra...

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...

Sir John in Love (1946 Radio)

Producer

Sumner Austin

Radio broadcast of the second and third acts of the new production of the opera by Vaughan Williams relayed from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. The libretto of the opera that was first performed at the...

Music from Shakespeare (1945 Radio)

Series

Music from Shakespeare

13-part weekly radio series on music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Each episode focuses on a different play and is introduced by a different presenter (see below). Where an edition of London Calling was...

Her Majesty Desires, Master Shakespeare ...! (1943 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Radio play arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. Scenes from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor are introduced by a prologue involving Shakespeare (Anthony Shaw), Queen Elizabeth (Galdys Young)...

Cema (1942 Film)

aka: C.E.M.A.

Director

Desmond Dickinson; John Banting; Charles de Lautour; Alan Osbiston; Peter Graham-Scott; Dylan Thomas

Producer

Alexander Shaw

A documentary about the precursor to the Arts Council, the wartime Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), featuring an introduction by education minister R A Butler, an art exhibition in...

Cakes and Ale (1941 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare, The Man

Producer

Val Gielgud

Sixth in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on the character of Falstaff. The series is arranged by...

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1940 Radio)

Series

Great Plays

Director

Joseph Bell

Radio broadcast of The Merry Wives of Windsor, adapted by Charles Newton with Walter Wilmer as Falstaff. The broadcast employed the conceit of having Shakespeare (William S. Rainey) as narrator.

Falstaff in Wien (1940 Film)

aka: Falstaff in Vienna

Director

Leopold Hainisch

A musical set in old Vienna about the composer Otto Nicolai, who wrote Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The film incorporates some of Nicolai’s music...

Falstaff (1938 Radio)

Series

Sunday Evening Concert

Elgar’s symphonic study is performed by the BBC Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.