As You Like It

Summary: 1946 BBC studio presentation of Robert Atkins’ Bankside Players’ production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, as it had been played in the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, London.
Theatre play: As You Like It by William Shakespeare [more information]
Play synopsis: When Rosalind and Orlando are banished from the oppressive court, they are forced to run for their lives into the wild depths of the Forest of Arden. However, in that harsh, lyrical wilderness, they discover an unexpected freedom and, as their anarchic love story unfolds, Arden bursts into summer.
Production history: Written in 1599 or early 1600.
Date of transmission: Sunday 14 July 1946
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Robert Atkins’ Bankside Players

Producer

Ian Atkins

Theatre Producer

Robert Atkins (1886-1972)

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Cast

Peter Bell	Oliver
Vivienne Bennett	Rosalind
John Byron	Orlando
Thomas Dance	Adam
David Enders	Silvius
Clement Hamelin	Corin
Reginald Hayes	Amiens
Patricia Hicks	Phoebe
Mary Honer	Celia
John Humphry	Charles
Richard Littledale	Touchstone
Desmond Llewellyn	Duke
David March	Le Beau
Oscar Quitak	Second Brother / Dennis
David Read	Jaques
Angela Shafto	Audrey
Ivan Staff	William
John Vere	Duke Frederick / Sir Oliver Martext
Ronald Woodroofe	First Lord

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