by William Shakespeare.
The music specially composed by Herbert Menges

The Scene: Dispersedly in England and Wales

The Play adapted for broadcasting by Felix Felton from the production at the New Theatre, Oxford by John Gielgud and Glen Byam Shaw
The stage production of Richard II by the O.U.D.S. was given at the New Theatre, Oxford, last February, and was notable for the distinguished names of its producers, its general high excellence, and effective team work. John Gielgud, and Glen Byam Shaw, and the fact that so many of the players came from one college - St. Edmund's Hall - were no doubt responsible for this. David King-Wood's Richard was praised for its beauty and feeling and uncommon maturity. It should be interesting to hear these undergraduate actors, who have been professionally produced (and who, some of them, may be Gielguds and Byam Shaws of the future) playing Shakespeare on the air tonight.

(See this week' "Background to the Broadcast on page 3)