SHAKESPEARE

Henry VIII (1925 Radio)

Series

Shakespeare’s Monarchs

Eighth in a twelve-part series of schools talks by J.C. Stobart and R.E. Jeffrey about the portrayal of kings in Shakespeare’s plays.

St. Crispin’s Day (1925 Radio)

Radio programme commemorating the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt with music and scenes from Shakespeare’s histories. The Belfast Station Orchestra performs the Overture to Nicolai’s The Merry...

Shakespeare, Scene and Story [17/04/1925] (1925 Radio)

aka: Shakespeare in Story and Music

Series

Shakespeare, Scene and Story

Radio broadcast. The actor duo William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner recite excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays: Henry VIII - Cardinal Wolsey’s Farewell As You Like It - The Seven Ages of Man Macbeth -...

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson: Recital (1925 Radio)

Radio broadcast. Forbes-Robertson recites Buckingham’s ‘Farewell Speech’ (Henry VIII) and Hamlet’s ‘Advice to the Players’.

Mr. W. MacReady And Miss Godfrey Turner - Shakespearean Recitals (1924 Radio)

Radio broadcast. William Macready and Edna Godfrey Turner perform excerpts from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Henry VIII.

British Empire Shakespeare Society (1923 Radio)

aka: Excerpts from Shakespeare

A ‘Shakespeare Night’ programme transmitted in two parts. Initiated by the British Empire Shakespeare Society, the programme was comprised of play readings. Part 1: 'Trial scene’ and ‘Casket...

Miss Ellen Terry’s Concert (1923 Radio)

Producer

Cecil A. Lewis

Radio programme. Violet Vanbrugh recites Catherine of Aragon’s speech from the ‘Trial Scene’ in a 60-minute programme that is comprised of a variety of music pieces composed by Mozart and a "Message of...

Temple Shakespeare Society (1923 Radio)

Radio broadcast of scenes from various Shakespeare plays which, The Times listings suggest, were performed by the Temple Shakespeare Society. The programme was comprised of 2 scenes from Macbeth, scenes from...

Shakespeare Evening [24/12/1923] (1923 Radio)

Radio programme. Sir Frank Benson recites from Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. Recitals alternate with selections of "appropriate musical numbers" (The Times programme...

Scenes from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ And ‘Hamlet’; Scenes from ‘Henry VIII and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ (1923 Radio)

Radio broadcast in which Mr Eastman, Mme. Thomas, and Mme M. Dawson perform scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Mr Eastman also performs scenes from Henry VIII and The Taming of the Shrew.