Old Vic

Synopsis

Television programme going behind the scenes at the Old Vic theatre. The Old Vic was in its third year of a five-year project to stage all Shakespeare’s plays working from the First Folio. There are shots of dress rehearsals, scenery and lighting for a production of Julius Caesar. Huw Wheldon talks to the Company Director, Michael Benthall about the production. The programme then moves to Lime Grove studios where the actors enact scenes from the same production for television which is broadcast immediately afterwards.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Availability

No archive copy found.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Credits

Contributor

Huw Wheldon; Michael Benthall

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)