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  • Music and Shakespeare (1927 Radio)

    Radio programme. A selection of music performed by the Birmingham Studio Pianoforte Sextet is interspersed with performances of scenes from Hamlet (III iv), Macbeth (II i-ii), and The Merchant of Venice (IV...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1927 Radio)

    Producer
    Howard Rose

    Radio adaptation of the play produced by Howard Rose starring Raymond Trafford as Shylock and Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Portia. With incidental music composed by Frederick Rosse. Dorothy Freshwater narrates.

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1927 Film)

    Director
    Widgey R. Newman

    Early sound short showing the trial scene from The Merchant of Venice (IV i). Lewis Casson is Shylock and Joyce Lyons plays Portia.

  • Shakespeare’s Heroines: Portia (1926 Radio)

    Radio schools series that looks at prominent female figures from Shakespeare’s plays. Presented by J.C.Stobart and Mary Somerville.

  • Portia (1926 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare’s Heroines

    Fourth in a series of short dramatic recitals in which well-known actresses perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays. With Cathleen Nesbitt as Portia.

  • Popular Excerpts from Shakespeare (1925 Radio)

    Producer
    R. E. Jeffrey

    Radio programme featuring excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays. Actors include John Gielgud as Romeo and Raymond Tafford as Shylock, it offers listeners "an opportunity of hearing some really first-class...

  • Shakespeare, Scene and Story [05/02/1925] (1925 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare, Scene and Story

    Radio broadcast. The actor duo William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner recite excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays: Hamlet - Hamlet and the Queen Macbeth - The Dagger and Sleepwalking Scenes King Lear -...

  • Merchant of Venice, The (1925 Radio)

    aka: Dramatic Evening

    Producer
    William Macready

    Radio broadcast. William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner, together with the Belfast Radio Players, present an abridged version of Shakespeare’s play. With incidental music by Sullivan.

  • Shakespeare Night [19/06/1925] (1925 Radio)

    aka: Shakespeare Song and Story

    Radio programme. Actors William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner perform excerpts from five Shakespeare’s plays, Catherine Paterson (mezzo-contralto) sings a number of Shakespearean songs, and the music of...

  • Hour by the Nottingham Shakespeare Society, An (1925 Radio)

    Radio broadcast. The Nottingham Shakespeare Society performs the following excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays: Richard III (I iv), The Merchant of Venice (III i), Romeo and Juliet (II ii), Othello (V ii).