As You Like It

Summary: 1978 BBC production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The production was preceded earlier in the evening by a 25-minute introductory programme presented by Brigid Brophy, and it featured a five-minute interval at 9.35pm.
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 17 December 1978
Time: 8.10-10.45pm
Series: BBC Television Shakespeare
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Director

Basil Coleman

Producer

Cedric Messina

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Composer

Geoffrey Burgon

Composer

William Walton (series title music)

Conductor

Geoffrey Burgon

Designer

Don Taylor (1936-2003)

Costume Designer

Make-up Artist

Choreographer

Fight Arranger

Script Editor

Cast

Title: As You Like It (BBC, 1978)
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Title: Radio Times, 30 November 1978 (Magazine)
Linking notes: long article on the BBC Television Shakespeare series, pp. 84-93

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