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The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Part 1

Summary
1962 BBC production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, presented in four parts for schools.
Theatre play
The Caucasian Chalk Circle [Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis] by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 6 November 1962
Time
2.05-2.35pm
Series
Schools
Channel
BBC Television

Credits

Producer
Ronald Eyre
Playwright
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Adapted for Television by
Ronald Eyre
Translator
John Holmstrom
Composer
Eric Allen
Designer
Gordon Roland
Introduced by
James Grout
Cast
Barbara AtkinsonNursemaid
Leslie BatesServant
Adrian BrineServant
James CossinsServant
Hugh DicksonStoryteller / Second Doctor
Donald EcclesGovernor
Avril ElgarGrusha
Peter EllisTrooper
Charles GilbertServant
Robert GillespieSimon
Patrick GodfreyAdjutant
James GroutLance-Corporal
Betty HardyServant
Peter JohnServant
David KingFat Duke
Jackie LenyaLady-in-Waiting
Constance LorneGovernor’s Wife
Mollie MaureenFarmer’s Wife
Derek NewarkTrooper
Audrey NobleServant
John RinghamServant
Michael RobbinsTrooper
Anne RobsonLady-in-Waiting
Peter ThorntonTrooper
Peter WyattFirst Doctor
Michael WynneMessenger

Additional details

Origination
Recorded in studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Repeated on Wednesday 7 November 1962 at 11.05pm and on BBC1 at 2.05pm on 29 September 1964.
Play tags
German drama; parable
Programme context tags
schools television programming

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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, 1 November 1962 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 26

Associated programmes

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