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Henry Morgan Show, The [23/04/1950] (1950 Radio)
- Series
- Henry Morgan Show, The
- Director
- Charles Powers
US comedy sketch show. In one sketch Hamlet becomes a private eye, Private Orb Ham Spade working on the killing of his father assisted by his secretary, Ophelia. Jensen (op cit) notes that it parodies the...
Mama Rosa [30/03/1950] (1950 Television)
- Series
- Mama Rosa
- Director
- George. M. Cahan
An obscure, early, and short-lived US sitcom set in a Hollywood boarding house, home to an assortment of theatricals. In episode 6, Shakespeare (Pucci) is writing a 20 second radio commercial that is due to...
Toast of the Town [03/04/1949] (1949 Television)
- Series
- Toast of the Town
- Director
- Alex Leftwich
Variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. In this episode, a 5.5 minute sequence, John Carradine performs Gloucester’s soliloquy from Act III ii of 3 Henry VI.
Hey Nonino (1948 Radio)
- Series
- First Hearing
- Producer
- Audrey Jones
According to the Radio Times programme listing, this radio broadcast written by Frances Kay stars Carleton Hobbs in a gentle satire, appropriate to the close of the Shakespeare season. The title suggests...
Jack Benny Show, The [01/02/1948] (1948 Radio)
aka: Jack and Mary See Colman’s Movie
- Series
- Jack Benny Show, The
- Director
- Hilliard Marks
Radio variety show. In this episode Jack Benny and Mary Livingston attend the film premiere of Ronald Colman’s film A DOUBLE LIFE (1946) about an actor playing Othello. After the show they meet Ronald and...
Kraft Music Hall, The [12/02/1948] (1948 Radio)
- Series
- Kraft Music Hall, The
Radio variety show. In this edition the guest, Charles Laughton, coaches the series host Al Jolson in the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The jokes revolve around Laughton’s British accent and...
Edgar Bergen and Charles McCarthy Show [09/11/1947] (1947 Radio)
- Series
- Edgar Bergen and Charles McCarthy Show, The
- Director
- Earl Ebi
Series featuring ventiloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charley McCarthy. Charley and his chums plan to stage Romeo and Juliet in a barn but they need a star name to bring in the crowds so they ask Maurice...
Performing Macbeth (1947 Radio)
aka: Frances Langford Show, The
- Series
- Maxwell House Coffee Time
Variety radio series featuring Frances Langford. The format in the summer of 1947 was a medley of popular songs and a semi-comic playlet called ‘The American Scene’ that attempted to present typical...
Carmen (1946 Radio)
- Series
- Fred Allen Show, The
- Director
- Howard Riley
Radio comedy series written by and starring Fred Allen. Maurice Evans and Allen joke about the misfit between lowbrow radio and highbrow culture (Shakespeare). Evans performs an extract from the ghost scene...
Broad As a Barn Door (1946 Radio)
- Series
- Leave It to Mike
- Director
- Roger Bower
Radio sitcom. Mike McNally (Kinsella), is an Irishman who wants to be an actor, but works in a New York sporting goods store. He learns that a famous actor/impresario will open a new play. He is urged to...