As You Like It

Summary: 1963 BBC presentation of the production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It that was originally staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, first in Stratford-upon-Avon and then at the Aldwych Theatre, 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: Friday 22 March 1963
Time: 8.20-9.20pm and 9.30-10.45pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company

Television Production by

Ronald Eyre

Theatre Producer

Michael Elliott

Lighting

Dennis Channon

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Adapted for Television by

Composer

Set Designer

Costume Designer

Sound Effects

Movement

Wrestling Arranged by

Charles Alexis

Cast

Title: As You Like It (BBC, 1963)
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Title: Radio Times, 14 March 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes: cover image; image, p. 2; illustrated article, p. 45; listing, p. 47

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