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Barris Beat [18/07/1956] (1956 Television)
- Series
- Barris Beat
- Director
- Len Casey
- Producer
- Len Casey
Canadian variety show hosted by Alex Barris. In one sketch Barris satirises talk shows by interviewing Shakespeare - Shakespeare is played by Sammy Sales.
Lucy Meets Orson Welles (1956 Television)
- Series
- I Love Lucy
- Director
- James V. Kern
Television sitcom. When Lucy learns that Orson Welles is doing a benefit show at Ricky’s club, she desperately wants to act the role of Juliet to Welles’s Romeo. Ricky doesn’t want Lucy to have the job...
Shakespearean Caper, The (1956 Television)
aka: Shakespearean Paper, The
- Series
- George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The
Television sitcom starring George Burns and Gracie Allen as themselves, a show business couple in their home. Each episode began with Burns standing, trademark cigar in hand, before the proscenium...
Ed Sullivan Show [05/02/1956] (1956 Television)
- Series
- Ed Sullivan Show, The
- Director
- John Wray (2)
- Producer
- Ed Sullivan
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This episode includes includes an extract (5 min 45 secs) in which Orson Welles (in costume and make-up) performs Lear’s speech from IV, vii (`You do me wrong to take...
Before Your Very Eyes [23/03/1956] (1956 Television)
- Series
- Before Your Very Eyes
- Director
- Kenneth Carter
Television comedy show hosted by Arthur Askey. This edition includes a running gag where Askey wants to prove himself a serious actor and quotes the ‘quality of mercy’ speech from The Merchant of Venice...
Steve Allen Show, The [01/07/1956] (1956 Television)
- Series
- Steve Allen Show, The
- Director
- Dwight A. Hemion
- Producer
- William O. Harbach
US comedy variety show hosted by Steve Allen. This episode features actor Andy Griffith, as a yogi,explaining Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a comedy monologue. The edition is renowned for the appearance of Elvis...
Romeo and Juliet (1956 Radio)
- Series
- The Charlie McCarthy Show
- Director
- Sam Pierce
Radio variety show. Edgar Bergen and Shirley Yamaguchi perform the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Rosie the Actress (1956 Television)
- Series
- Goldbergs, The
- Director
- Marc Daniels
- Producer
- William Berke
US sitcom. Rosie is taking classes in drama, and is singled out by the famous actress Blanche Marlowe to play a bit part as Charmian in her travelling production of Antony and Cleopatra; Rosie gets bitten by...
Toast of the Town [07/08/1955] (1955 Television)
aka: Sullivan Reel
- Series
- Toast of the Town
- Director
- John Wray (2)
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. This episode includes scenes (c 16mins) from a production of The Tempest filmed at the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford, CT. There are also scenes (c...
Here we Go (1955 Television)
- Director
- Kenneth Carter
Variety show. In one episode (transmission date not known) June Whitfield appears in a sketch as a roller-skating Lady Macbeth.