SHAKESPEARE

Julius Caesar (1942 Radio)

Producer

Peter Creswell

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play arranged and produced by Peter Creswell. With Ernest Milton in the title role, Marius Goring as Mark Antony and other members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company. With...

Senior English II: Julius Caesar (1942 Radio)

aka: Julius Caesar

Series

Schools

Three-part schools broadcast of Julius Caesar arranged by Douglas Alan. The introductory programme relates the plot and characters of Shakespeare’s play with the current situation in Nazi Germany and the...

Playmates (1941 Film)

Director

David Butler

Producer

Cliff Reid

Feature film. John Barrymore, in his final film, plays a Shakespearean actor caricaturing himself. His attempts to tutor an aspiring star arouse jealousy. The various references to Shakespeare include a...

Julius Caesar (1941 Radio)

Series

Cavalcade of Literature

Director

Orson Welles

Radio broadcast, in three half hour episodes, of Julius Caesar directed by Orson Welles. Information taken from Jensen, Michael P. ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares (p. 531,...

Sea of Glory, The (1941 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare, The Man

Producer

Val Gielgud

Fifth in a series of 30-minute broadcasts showcasing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays performed by leading actors of the time. This episode focuses on Julius Caesar and Henry VIII. The series is arranged by...

Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show, The [19/12/1940] (1940 Radio)

Series

Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show, The

Director

Ed Gardner

Radio variety show. This episode sets up a confrontation between John Barrymore as a stage veteran and Orson Welles as the new star of radio. The programme closes with a performance of IV iii from Julius...

Dramatic Reading: Julius Caesar (1940 Radio)

aka: Julius Caesar

Series

Senior English II

Two-part dramatic presentation of Shakespeare’s play with a short introduction to scenes used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 11-14 year old schoolchildren.

Julius Caesar (1939 Radio)

Producer

Val Gielgud

Radio adaptation produced by Val Gielgud. Henry Ainley performs as Mark Antony in the Forum scene from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar (1938 Television)

Director

Dallas Bower

Producer

Dallas Bower

An ambitious modern dress version of the play, directed and produced by Dallas Bower. The production was enhanced with stock news footage and incidental music. Ernest Milton is Julius Caesar.

Will Shakespeare (1938 Television)

aka: Invention, An

Producer

George More O’Ferrall

Televised studio production of play originally written for the stage by British playwright and novelist Winifred Ashton whose nom de plume was Clemence Dane (1888-1965). The plot links Shakespeare and the...