Romeo

The Oceantown Shakespeare Company is struggling to keep their doors open after draconian cuts to funding for the arts. They have decided to make a new play based on Shakespeare, dubbed “Romeo”: Court astronomers on Planet Romeo, upon observing the turmoil on Planet Earth caused by blind ambition, the desire for revenge by certain world leaders, plus the pandemic spread of misinformation, illusion and ignorance; has sent a spaceship filled with Romeos to captivate and enrapture the population and thus spread goodwill.

Hour One has two 20-second pauses (with music) at 19:30 and 34:30 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into three segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - Brush Up Your Shakespeare - MGM Studio Orchestra and Singers – 1953

2 - Hep Hep for Shakespeare - Buster Larsen og Erik Bertner med Hans Schreibers orkester – 1953

3 - When Mr. Shakespeare Comes to Town - Arthur Collins - 1906

4 - I've Got a Feeling for Ophelia – Arthur Fields with Bob Haring and his Orchestra – 1924

5 - Cuban Romeo - Jack Cooper with Ambrose and his Orchestra - 1940

6 - All That Glitters is Not Gold - Mildred Bailey – 1946

7 - Hi-De-Ho Romeo - Cab Calloway and his Orchestra - 1937

8 - My Kingdom for a Kiss - Dick Powell with Victor Young and his Orchestra – 1936

9 - Oh, Romeo - Marion Soremba mit Fred Clement mit seinem Tanzorchester

10 - Por Ti (Speak Low) - Chito Izar with Orquesta Don Rivero

11 - Row Me on the River, Romeo - Billy Murray - 1915

12 - Ragamuffin Romeo - Bill Coty with the Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra – 1930

13 - To Be or Not To Be - Victor Cornelius - 1942

14 - What Did Rome-O-Juliet - Fess Williams' Royal Flush Orchestra – 1926

15 - Out of the Tempest - George Olsen and his Music – 1928

Hour Two:

16 - Banquo's Chair - Sleep No More – 1956

17 - Golden Honeymoon - Mercury Summer Theater – 1946

18 – Scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet - Mercury Summer Theater – 1946

19 – Missing Wedding Ring – Ethel and Albert - 1947