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Heterodyned History of Historical Events As They Might Have Been (1927 Radio)
Radio revue written by L. du Garde Peach. Amongst the six notable events in British history that are subject to liberal reinterpretation by the Professor of History as It Might Have Been is the "Writing of...
Bit of Old Shakespeare, A (1925 Radio)
A comedy sketch for radio, written by Amyas Britter. The Times programme listings includes this following bit of advice: "Listeners should imagine that they are seated in the gallery of a theatre overhearing...
Shakespearean Baseball Game, The (Multimedia, Video)
- Series
- Wayne and Shuster Show, The
The Canadian comedy duo Frank Wayne and Johnny Shuster parody a number of Shakespeare plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Richard III in the form of a baseball game. First performed on...
Rinse the Blood off My Toga (Multimedia, Video)
- Series
- Wayne and Shuster Show, The
A shortened version of Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster’s skit on Julius Caesar first broadcast on radio in 1955 and re-worked and first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Wayne plays Roman...
Royal Canadian Air Farce (Multimedia, Radio)
A selection of audio clips performed by Canadian Air Farce and presented on the Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare website (CASP). They offer comedic representations of Shakespeare in relation to Canadian...
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The (Television)
- Series
- Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The
US late night talk/variety show hosted by Johnny Carson. In this episode Charles Nelson Reilly recites Hamlet’s ‘to be or not’ soliloquy. An actress had dismissed him as he tried to join the...
Toast of the Town [15/10/1955] (Television)
- Series
- Toast of the Town
- Director
- John Wray (2)
US variety show hosted by Ed Sullivan. The episode includes the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet (7 mins) enacted by Sarah Churchill and John O’Hare.
Hullaballo Show [26/01/1965] (Television)
- Series
- Hullabaloo Show
- Director
- Steve Binder; Bill Davis
American musical variety series. George Hamilton introduces British comedians Tony Hendra and Nick Olive. They perform a very physical mock amateur production of Julius Caesar - the ‘friends, Romans and...