Shakespearian Season

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1610

Date Released

11 Apr 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Vive De Gaulle
2. 2Shakespearian Season
3. 3On the Spot
4. *Rangers Through
5. *Immortal Bard

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shakespearian Season. DESCRIPTION: A new season started at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, presenting a sequence of six of Shakespeare’s plays. People queued for over 30 hours for gallery seats for the opening performance of the Two Gentlemen of Verona. Seen arriving were: newly-wed Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson, Diana Wynyard, Richard Wattis, and the new Director of the Theatre, Peter Hall with his wife Leslie Caron. SHOTLIST: GV Memorial Theatre. LAS Shakespeare statue. MS people queuing. MS people lying on pavement. CU same. MS people sitting. MS same. CU programme board. SCU Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson arriving. SCU Diana Wynyard arriving. MS Richard Wattis arriving. MS Peter Hall & Leslie Caron. GV revolving stage.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Cinema; Performing arts

Locations

England; Stratford-upon-Avon

Card file number

79809

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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