Shaw, George Bernard

Last Edited: 05-Jun-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

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Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
1892
R3:
06-Oct-2013

Widowers' Houses
Ian McKellen, Charles Dance, Tim Pigott-Smith, Dan Stevens,
Honeysuckle Weeks, Siobhan Hayes, Jon Glover
Music composed by Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres

101:27, 94900, S
1893
R7:
05-Jul-2004
15-Jan-2005

Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Maggie Steed, Justine Waddell, Robert Bathurst,
Jonathan Coy, Julian Rhinetut, Ron Cook
Adapted by Sean McKenna
Directed by Marian Nancare

88:22, 82845, S
1893
BBC R3
06-Aug-2006
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Diana Quick, Claire Skinner, Scott Handy, Geoffrey Whitehead,
John Rowe, Roger Hammond
Adapted and Directed by John Tydeman
Produced by Nicolas Soames
107:07, 100423, S
1893
BBC WS
1986
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Anna Massey, Kim Braden, Frederick Jaeger, Timothy Bateson,
Anthony Daniels, George Parsons
directed by David Hitchinson
58:27, 13703, M
1893
LA Theatre
Works
Mrs. Warren’s Profession

117:58, 110600, S
1894
1984
Radio 7
16-Oct-2004
Arms and the Man
Andrew Sachs, Jackie Swiftwood, Gary Bond, Mary Wimbush,
David March, Michael N. Harbour, Catherine Hurlbut
Directed by John Tydeman
89:11, 83622, S
1894
BBC R3
08-Feb-2015
Arms and the Man Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard, Tom Mison, Hugh Ross,
Frances Jeater, Glen McCready, Jo Herbert, Roger May
Director David Timson
95:12, 89056, S
1894
BBC WS
1974
Arms and the Man Alan Howard, Elizabeth Proud Edward de Souza, Felicity Kendall
Adapted by Geoffrey Siegel
Produced by John Pitman
60:58, 14291, M
1894
BBC WS
1995
Arms and the Man Michael Elphick, Emma Fielding, Jasper Britain, Geoffrey Palmer,
Anna Massey
Adapted by Micheline Wandor
57:43, 13527, M
1894
RTE
1976
Arms and the Man

88:06, 20648, M
1894
R7:
10-Oct-2004

Candida
Hannah Gordon, Edward Petherbridge, Christopher Guard,
Ray Smith, Neville Jason, Irene Sutcliffe
Directed by Ronald Mason

83:47, 78561, S
1894
BBC WS
1982
Candida

61:13, 14350, M
1894
RTE
1977
Candida

86:28, 20268, S
1895
BBC R4
08-May-1980
The Man Of Destiny
David Suchet, Paola Dionisotti, David Timson, John Bott
Directed by Pat Trueman
58:59, 55301, S
1895
BBC Home Svc
05-Apr-1964
The Man Of Destiny
Lyndon Brook, Cyril Shaps, Glyn Dearman, June Tobin, Gabriel Woolf
Produced by Archie Campbell
59:30, 55942, M
1895
BBC WS
21-Oct-1976
The Man Of Destiny
Tom Conti
60:36, 14206, M
1896
BBC R4
31-Jul-1971
You Never Can Tell
Denys Hawthrone, Prunella Scales, Freddie Jones, Jo Manning
Wilson, Nigel Anthony, Betty Baskcomb, Godfrey Kenton, Lockwood
West, Michael Kilgarriff, Jane Knowles
Directed by Betty Davies
90:42, 85224, S
1896
R3:
29-Sep-2013

You Never Can Tell
Jamie Bamber, Ian Ogilvy, Christopher Neame, Adam Godley,
Rosalind Ayres, Sophie Winkleman, Moira Quirk, Matthew Wolf,
Julian Holloway, Paula Jane Newman, Darren Richardson
Piano music arranged and performed by Richard Sisson
Sound design, Wesley Dewberry
Director, Martin Jarvis
118:11, 110551, S
1896
R7:
23-Oct-2004

The Devil’s Disciple
James Lawrenceson, Tony Church, Lucy Fleming, Tenniel
Evans, Constance Chapman, Terence Wilton, Hayden Jones,
Michael Rothwell, Eva Haddon, Trevor Martin, Dennis Bowen,
Esmund Rideout, Timothy Kitely
Narrated by Dennis Hawthorne
Directed by Brian Miller

87:36, 82138, S
1896
BBC Home Svc
17-Dec-1966

The Devil’s Disciple
Freda Jackson, Susan Maudslay, John Baddeley, Russell Hunter,
Rona Anderson, Henry Stamper, Basil Jones, Keith Michell, William
Ingram, William Eedle, Max Adrian, Peter Howell
Produced By: Stewart Conn
87:11, 81740, M
1898
BBC R4
21-Apr-1975
Caesar and Cleopatra
Alan Badel, Sarah Badel, Beatrix Lehmann, Peter Woodthrope, Alan
Dudley, Judy Bennett, Paul Gaymon, Alan Rowe, Hector Ross, Nigel
Lambert, Sandor Eles, Emily Richard, Eva Haddon, Anthony Smee,
Peter Whitman, David March
Music composed and conducted by Terence Allbright
Directed by Ian Cotterell
109:22, 128052, S
1899
BBC Home Svc
25-Sep-1967
Captain Brassbound's
Conversion
Alexander John, James McManus, Denys Hawthorne, Frank Henderson,
Cecil Parker, Sybil Thorndike, Robert Rietty, Gabriel Woolf, Bernard
Brown, Ralph Truman, Frank Henderson, Alaric Cotter, Antony Viccars,
Nigel Clayton, John Justin
adapted by Cedric Messina
Produced By: Graham Gauld
88:14, 82715, M
1901
BBC R3
18-Jul-1969

The Admirable Bashville
Or, Constancy Unrewarded

Maragaret Wolfit, Lewis Fiander, Nigel Anthony, Malcolm Hayes,
Kenneth Fortescue, Peter Pratt, Lockwood West, Haydn Jones,
Frederick Treves, Fabia Drake, David Brierley, Peter Baldwin, Peter
Tuddenham, Garard Green, Godfrey Kenton
Produced by Archie Campbell
64:24, 37929, M
1902
BBC R3
20-Oct-1996

Man and Superman
Ralph Fiennes, Juliet Stevenson , Judi Dench , Paul Merton, John
Wood, Niall Buggy
Music by Mark Thomas
Producer Catherine Bailey

59:50, 21038, S
29:54, 10514, S
72:48, 25594, S
85:19, 29996, S
Peter Hall interview
6:45, 2373, S

1902
BBC Home Svc
14-Apr-1968
Man and Superman
Robert Hardy, Fenella Fielding, Joan Matheson, Nigel Graham,
J. G. Devlin, Gordon Gardner, Moira Redmond, Walter Fitzgerald, Mary
Wimbush, Hector Ross, Elizabeth Proud, Godfrey Kenton
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
88:00, 82498, M
1904
Caedmon Records
CDL 5346
John Bull's Other Island
Christopher Benjamin, Antony Brown, Edward Petherbridge, Marjorie
Hogan, Ivan Beavis, Will Leighton, Patrick McAlinney, Patrick Duggan,
P. G. Stephens, Denis O'Neill, Anna Cropper, Dermot Kelly, Bert Lena,
Charles Kinross, Gary Taylor, Jim O'Connor, John Drake
Directed by Alan Strachan
138:29, 129837, S
1904
RTE

How He Lied to Her
Husband

27:12, 25501, S
1905
Passion, Poison, and
Petrifaction


1905
BBC R3
05-Jun-2016
12-Jun-2016
Major Barbara Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Farthing, Rebecca Front, Matthew Marsh,
Joel MacCormack, Scarlett Brookes, Kieran Hodgson, Brian Protheroe,
Susan Jameson, Nicola Ferguson, Ewan Bailey, Sargon Yelda,
Adie Allen, Sean Baker
Concertina played by Colin Guthrie and the Cornet by Peter Ringrose
Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
56:07, 52506, S
56:58, 53303, S
1905
Caedmon Records
TRS 319 S
Major Barbara Maggie Smith, Robert Morley, Celia Johnson, Alec McCowen, Warren
Mitchell, Gary Bond, Pinkie Johnstone, Graham Crowden, Murray
Melvin, Hazel Hughes, Georgina Patterson, George Benson, Wynne
Clark,Daniel Thorndike
Directed by Howard Sackler
98:31, 115496, S
1905
BBC R4
03-May-1980
Major Barbara Gwen Watford, Christopher Guard, Michael McStay, Anna Massey,
Josie Kidd, Jeremy Clyde, Christopher Good, John Phillips, Peggy
Paige, Brian Carroll, Judy Harris, Leonard Fenton, John Hollis,
Joan Matheson
Directed By: Ronald Mason
114:23, 107230, S
1905
BBC WS
18-May-1989
Major Barbara Maurice Denham
adapted for radio by Pat Trueman
89:10, 20901, M
1905
LA Theatre Works
09-May-2009
Major Barbara
118:59, 111553, m
1906
BBC Home Svc
07-Mar-1966
The Doctor's Dilemma
Betty Huntley-Wright, Brian Hewlett, William Eedle, Geoffrey
Matthews, Walter Fitzgerald, Hector Ross, Maurice Denham, Noel
Howlett, Mary Wimbush, Alec McCowen, Valerie Kirkbright,
Anthony Jackson
Produced By: Charles Lefeaux
107:34, 100845, S
1906
BBC R3
02-May-1999

The Doctor's Dilemma
Laurence Mitchell, Patsy Byrne, Ian McDiarmid, Toby Salaman,
Bernard Horsfall, Martin Jarvis, Tony Britton, Robert Demeger,
Victoria Hamilton, James Callis, Harriet Cater,Simon Scott
Music composed by Julian Philips
Directed by Michael Grandage

115:20, 135346, S
1908
Getting Married


1909
BBC 3rd Prog
16-Jul-1963
The Shewing-Up of
Blanco Posnet
Denys Hawthorne, Margaret Walker, Jane Jordan Rogers, Bessie
Love, Sally Travers, Dorothy Bibby, Alan Gifford, William Sylvester,
Derry Power, Kate Binchy, Kevin Flood, Jon Farrell, Earle Grey, June
Tobin, Alan Barry, Denys Hawthorne, Michael Spice, Wesley Murphy,
Lewis Stringer, John Broster
Produced by John Gibson
58:28, 54808, s
1909
BBC R4
06-Jan-1971
Press Cuttings
Arthur Lowe,  Clifford Norgate,  Gerald Cross,  Sheila Manahan,
Joan Sanderson, Sonia Fraser
Produced by David H Godfrey
54:11, 63526, s
1909
LA Theatre Works
Misalliance

58:58, 55278, S
59:00, 55317, S
1909
The Fascinating Foundling


1909
The Glimpse of Reality,
A Tragedietta


1910
The Dark Lady of the
Sonnets






1911
BBC Home Svc
Fanny's First Play
Allan McClillans, Ronald Herdman, Michael Kilgarriff, Hector Ross,
Betty Huntley-Wright, Geoffrey Matthews, Dilys Lays, Betty Hardy,
Timothy West, Patricia Leventon, Allan McClelland, Ernest Myers,
Preston Lockwood
Produced By: Charles Lefeaux
88:42, 83152, s
1912
Overruled


1912
R7:
17-Jul-2004
22-Jan-2005
Pygmalion
Imelda Staunton, Simon Cadell, Edward Hardwick, Brenda Peters,
Pauline Letts, James Grout, Rachel Gurney, Elaine Claxton, Richard
Clifford, Anne Pearson, Andrew Branch, Garrard Greene, David Lerner
Directed by John Tydeman
88:27, 82927, S
no credits
1912
BBC R4
28-May-2017
04-Jun-2017
Pygmalion
Alistair McGowan, Morgana Robinson, Al Murray, Hugh Fraser, Siân
Phillips, Charlotte Page, Georgie Glen, Maeve Bluebell Wells, Tom
Forrister, David Sturzaker, John Dougall, Sarah Ridgeway,
David Sterne
Directed by Emma Harding
57:30, 53794, S
57:20, 53634, S
1912
BBC World Svc
28-Sep-1998
Pygmalion
Martin Jarvis, Sarah Jane Holme
Adapted by Helena Osbourne
Directed by Rosalynd Ward
87:35, 20686, M
1912
Caedmon Records
1971
Pygmalion
Michael Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Michael Hordern, Donald
Pleasence, Mrgs Jenkins, Ruth Dunning
Directed by Peter Wood
6 files
107:20, 98.2 MB, S
1912
BBC R4
24-Dec-1967
BBC R4X
Androcles and the Lion
Geoffrey Wincott, Leslie French, Pauline Letts, Anthony Baird,
Anthony Viccara, Michael Harbour, Alexa Romanes, Peter
Bartlett, John Atterbury, Robert Cawdron, John Baker, Peter
Baldwin, William Kendrich, Heron Carvic, John Graham, Carol
Marsk, Sian Davies
adapted by Peggy Wells
Producer: Archie Campbell
53:05, 49776, s
1912
BBC WS
05-Nov-1987
Androcles and the Lion

75:03, 17590, M
1913
The Music Cure


1913
Great Catherine:
Whom Glory Still Adores


1915
The Inca of Perusalem


1915
O'Flaherty V.C.


1916
Augustus Does His Bit


1917
Annajanska, the
Bolshevik Empress


1917
BBC R3
10-May-1998
Heartbreak House
John Wood, Eleanor Bron, Cheryl Campbell, Duncan Bell, David
Troughton, Christopher Good, Abigail Docherty, Liz Smith,
Richard McCabe, Norman Rossington
The flute player was Roland Sutherland
Directed by Janet Whitaker
157:25, 147587, S
1918-1920
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  4. US NPR
    09-Jul-2000
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Back to Methuselah
  1. An Infidel Half
    Century (preface)
  2. In the Beginning:
    B.C. 4004
    (In the Garden of
    Eden)
  3. The Gospel of the
    Brothers Barnabas:
    Present Day
  4. The Thing Happens:
    A.D. 2170
  5. Tragedy of an Elderly
    Gentleman: A.D. 3000
  6. As Far as Thought
    Can Reach:
    A.D. 31,920

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  4.  5522,
    22709,m
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1923
R3:
25-Jan-2015
Saint Joan
Lyndsey Marshal, Paul Ritter, Anton Lesser, Sean Baker,
Blake Ritson, Nyasha Hatendi, Daniel Rabin, Trystan Gravelle,
Jonathan Coy, Paul Hilton, Stuart McLoughlin, Brian Bowles,
Ryan Watson
Adapted, directed and produced by Jonquil Panting
125:59, 117854, S
1923
RCA Victor
1956
Saint Joan
Siobhan McKenna, Earle Hyman, Ian Keith, Earl Montgomery,
Dick Moore, Kent Smith, Paul Sparer, Peter Falk, Michael
Wagner, John Cullum
7 files
2:23:41, 164 MB, S
1923
BBC R4
27-Jan-1975
Saint Joan
Alan McClelland, Judi Dench, Kerry Francis, Peter Tuddenham,
Nigel Lambert, Alan Dudley, John Richmond, Michael Spice,
Sean Arnold, John Rye, Cecile Chevreau, Michael Williams,
Noel Johnson, Douglas Storm, Maurice Denham, Stephen
Murray, Alan Rowe, Stephen Thorne, Michael Deacon,
Clifford Norgate, Peter Whitman, David Ericsson, Alan Dudley,
Haydn Jones
With students of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art
Abridged by Norman Wright
Produced and directed by John Theocharis
115:54, 108661, S
1923
BBC WS
24-Jun-1990
Saint Joan
Bernard Hepton, Cheryl Campbell, John Moffatt, Reginald Marsh,
David March
Adapted by Pat Truman
directed by David Hitchinson
88:15, 20686, M
1928
The Apple Cart


1932
Too True to Be Good


1932
On the Rocks


1933
RTE R1
1956
Village Wooing
Cyril Cusack, Siobhan McKenna
57:05, 66889, S
1934
The Simpleton of the
Unexpected Isles


1934
The Six of Calais


1936
BBC R3
23-May-1969
The Millionairess
Mary Wimbush, David March, Francis Woolf, John Pullen,
Marjorie Westbury, Godfrey Kenton, Malcolm Hayes,
Kathleen Helme, Brian Haines
Extract from the Preface read by Denys Hawthorne
Arranged and adapted for broadcasting by Joe Burroughs
Produced by John Tydeman
118:00, 110634, S
1937
Cymbeline Refinished


1938
Geneva


1938-1939
In Good King Charles's
Golden Days


1948
Buoyant Billions


1948
Farfetched Fables


1949
Shakes versus Shav


1950
Why She Would Not



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