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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...