Shakespeare's heroines
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Type of record: Book
Title: Shakespeare's heroines
Classmark: Large English G-0.24 SHA
Additional creator(s): Baylis, Lilian Mary (1874-) (Other); Benson, Sir Frank (Other); Evans, Edith Dame (1888-1976) (Other); Ricketts, Charles S (1866-1931) (Other)
Related people: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publisher: [BBC]
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): [1926]
Language: English
Size and medium: 32 unnumbered pages, 13 plates (2 color)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/349170
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014991669705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
"This book has a three-fold purpose - first to act as a memento of the very interesting and popular series of Sunday afternoon broadcasts given by distinguished actresses and actors under the title of 'Shakespeare's heroines', second, as a contribution towards that excellent cause, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Fund, which has been promoted in order to rebuild and endow the theatre recently destroyed by fire, and, third, as a modest contribution towards the knowledge of Shakespeare"--T.p. verso.
"In the London Studio the parts of the heroines were taken as follows: Rosalind - Edith Evans, Lady MacBeth - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Juliet - Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies, Portia - Cathleen Nesbitt, Desdemona - Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies, Beatrice - Edith Evans, Viola - Laura Cowie, Ophelia - Fay Compton, Cleopatra - Gertrude Elliott, Katharina - Madge Titheradge, Hermione - Lilian Braithwaite, Katharine of Aragon - Gertrude Elliott"--T.p. verso.
Additional description
Contains loose letter from the BBC (11 Aug 1926) and blank order form
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