As You Like It [scenes]

Summary

1966 Rediffusion presentation of scenes from Shakespeare’s As You Like It for ITV’s Drama for Sixth forms season entitled Conflict, introduced by John Gielgud.

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 21 October 1966

Time

2.35-3.00pm

Series

Schools

Channel

ITV

Production company

Rediffusion (1964-68)

Credits

Director

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Producer

Donald Carter

Playwright

William Shakespeare

Writer

Ivor Brown (of the introduction)

Adaptor of Script

Ivor Brown ('episodes selected by’)

Introduced by

John Gielgud

Additional details

Notes

No cast listed in the TV Times.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Programme context tags

schools television programming

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 13 October 1966 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 51