10 MARCH 1933, Page 34

To the Sunday performances of Shakespeare is to be added

on March 12th an afternoon performance of Macbeth. Romeo and Juliet was broadcast last November ; so at this rate we shall get three performances a year-not an over- whelming innovation, after all. Moreover, on this occasion the play is to be broadcast on the London Regional wave- length-instead of the National. Martita Hunt, who was so good as the Nurse, is to- play Lady Macbeth ; and Ralph Richardson, the excellent Mercutio, is to be Macbeth. With these actors in the principal rSles and Messrs. E. A. Harding and Val Gielgud as producers we should experience a splendid performance. The music has been specially composed by Mr. Hely-Hutchinson.