Old Vic To Peking

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1108

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Old Vic To Peking

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: With the policy of bringing the classics to the people at prices anyone could afford, The Old Vic Theatre Company built up a reputation that made it internationally famous. It was disbanded in 1963 when the National Theatre opened but now a new Old Vic Company has been formed and Vicki Luke has joined them, not as a reporter but as an actress. The new company continues the tradition of the old by bringing the classics to the people - in places as far afield as Scandinavia, Australia - and China.

Researcher Comments

Filmed in the Old Vic Theatre on near London’s Waterloo Station. Includes interviews with Toby Robertson, the director of the new Old Vic Company and actor, Derek Jacobi. The Company was preparing for a tour of Japan, China and Australia. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Organisations; Buildings and structures; Performing arts

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1108

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

T. Oliver

Presenter

Vicki Luke

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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