SHAKESPEARE

Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Plays (1935 Radio)

Radio broadcast. The Western Studio Orchestra lead by Frank Thomas plays incidental music to Shakespeare’s plays. Nicolai’s Overture for The Merry Wives of Windsor is followed by Mendelssohn’s Scherzo...

Shakespearean Music (1934 Radio)

Radio programme of Shakespearean music. The BBC Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis plays German’s Coronation March (Henry VIII), Nicolai’s Overture for ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, Bantok’s...

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,...

Lustigen Weiber von Wien, Die (1931 Film)

aka: Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Director

Géza von Bolváry

Producer

Julius Haimann

Feature film musical comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The plot concerns the romance between Viennese official Leitner (Hörbiger) and vaudeville headliner Theresa Zalenka...

Act I, ‘Falstaff’ (1931 Radio)

Act I of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Falstaff, relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Tullio Serafin.

Act III, ‘Falstaff’ (1931 Radio)

Act III of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Falstaff, relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Tullio Serafin.

Shakespearian Songs and Music (1929 Radio)

aka: ... The Food of Love

Radio broadcast. Incidental music and songs to Shakespeare’s plays sung by David Hutchinson (tenor) and performed by the Wireless Orchestra conducted by John Ansell. Includes music by Sullivan (Overture...

Falstaff (1928 Radio)

Producer

George King

Verdi’s Falstaff Act II, Scenes 1 and 2 relayed live from the Opera House in Manchester. The British National Opera Company is conducted by John Barbirolli and produced by George King.

Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1928 Radio)

Nicolai’s comic opera broadcast on radio with verse recitations by Heinrich Proch. The Wireless Chorus and Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Percy Pitt.

Ellen Terry - A Programme in Honour of Her Eightieth Birthday (1928 Radio)

Special radio programme broadcast in honour of actress Ellen Terry’s 80th birthday. Introductory remarks are by James Agate. The programme is made up of performances of extracts from plays by Shakespeare...