January 1925

 

SHAKESPEARES - LONDON

 

 

 

Friday 16 January 1925 London 7.30-9.30

‘The Tempest’ (Shakespeare)

pr R.E. Jeffrey

The characters will be played by leading Shakespearean actors whose names will be announced in the press and over the microphone before the date

 

 

 

Monday 2 March 1925 High-Power Daventry

Popular Excerpts from Shakespeare

pr R.E. Jeffrey

(1) 7.45-8

‘Romeo and Juliet’  (Shakespeare) Balcony Scene II, 2

Romeo - John Gielgud

Juliet - Dorothy Pantling

Nurse - Irene Rook

(2) 8.12-8.47

‘The Merchant of Venice’  (Shakespeare) Loan Scene I, 3

Shylock - Raymond Trafford

Bassanio - Henry Oscar

Antonio - Frank Randall

Trial Scene IV, 1

Shylock - Raymond Trafford

Bassanio - Henry Oscar

Antonio - Frank Randall

Duke - George Skillan

Salarino - Harold Gambrill

Nreissa - Dorothy Pantling

Gratiano - Douglas Ross

Portia - Joyce Chetwin

(3) 9.10-9.20

‘King Henry V’    (Shakespeare)  V, 2

Henry V - George Skillan

Queen Katharine - Dorothy Pantling

 

 

 

Saturday 7 March 1925 London 7.30-9.30

(music)

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Balcony Scene (Shakespeare)

Romeo - Hubert Carter

Juliet - Gladys Palmer

Gregorio - Dennis Noble

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 19 May 1925 London 9.20-9.27

Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson Recital

Buckingham’s Farewell Speech ‘Henry VIII’ Shakespeare

Hamlet’s Advice to the Players

 

Tuesday 23 June 1925 London all stations except 5XX relayed from London 8-9.50

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Shakespeare)

pr R.E. Jeffrey

Lysander  - Ernest Milton

Demetrius - Henry Oscar

Quince - Charles R. Stone

Snug - Tarver Penna

Bottom - Ivan Berlyn

Flute - Leonard Calvert

Snout - Eric Lugg

Starveling - Drelincourt Odlum

Hermia - Elaine Inescourt

Helena - Margaret Halstan

Oberon - Milton Rosmer

Titania - Irene Rooke

Puck – [D.] Hay Petrie

Fairies - Elizabeth Dundas

Times Wednesday 24 June 1925 review

The broadcast last night of the ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ from the London station, though carefully carried out, rather suggested that the transmission of a theatrical entertainment by wireless has not yet reached a stage where it can, with complete satisfaction to listeners, be substituted for the real thing. The cast was really strong, and the actors and actresses spoke their lines and sang their songs well enough, but there was some lack of conviction in the performance traceable, as one realized on reflection, to the fact that the atmosphere cannot yet be effectively broadcast.

 

 

 

 

Total play nights = 5

Total full length = 2