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

Credits

Television Production by

Ronald Eyre

Theatre Producer

Michael Elliott

Lighting

Dennis Channon

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Adapted for Television by

Andree Welstead

Composer

George Hall

Set Designer

Richard Negri

Costume Designer

Richard Negri

Sound Effects

David Collison

Movement

Litz Pisk

Wrestling Arranged by

Charles Alexis

Cast

Max Adrian	Jaques
Patrick Allen	Orlando
Richard Barr	Forest Lord
Julian Battersby	Forest Lord
Sebastian Breaks	Charles
David Buck	Oliver
Patsy Byrne	Audrey
Tony Church	Duke Frederick
Eric Flynn	Amiens
Peter Gill	Silvius
Gordon Gostelow	William
Paul Hardwick	Duke
Brian Harrison	Forest Lord
Jeanne Hepple	Phebe
Russell Hunter	Corin
Michael Ingham	Second Page
Simon Kentish	First Page
James Kerry	First Lord
Rosalind Knight	Celia
Bruce McKenzie	Forest Lord
Gareth Morgan	First Lord; Forest Lord
Declan Mulholland	Second Lord
Michael Murray	Forest Lord
John Normington	Jaques de Boys
Colin Pinney	Forest Lord
Vanessa Redgrave	Rosalind
Ian Richardson	Le Beau
Clifford Rose	Adam
Roger Swaine	Forest Lord
William Wallis	Sir Oliver Martext
Brian Wright	Forest Lord
Patrick Wymark	Touchstone

Additional details

Origination

Recorded in studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Repeated on BBC2 at 8.05pm on 5 August 1964

Notes

There was a ten-minute interval for the news and 9.20pm.

Audiovisual sources

Title

As You Like It (BBC, 1963)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 14 March 1963 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; image, p. 2; illustrated article, p. 45; listing, p. 47