Peer Gynt, Part 1
- Summary
- 1954 BBC production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, given in two parts.
- Theatre play
- Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 31 October 1954
- Time
- 8.30-10.15pm
- Series
- Saturday Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Royston Morley
- Playwright
- Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
- Translator
- R. Ellis Roberts
- Director of Orchestra
- Eric Robinson
- Designer
- Barry Learoyd
- Dances Arranged by
- Michael de Lutry
- Assistant Producer
- Charles Rogers
- Cast
Mark Bering unnamed part Patricia Blyton Farm Girl Fanny Carby Ingrid Joy Carter unnamed part Erik Chitty (1907-1977) The Old Man of the Dovre, the Troll King Norman Claridge Solveig’s Father Diane Cook Helga Leslie Cooper unnamed part Josephine Crombie Solveig Frances Crossley unnamed part Rosalie Crutchley A Green-clad Woman Michael de Lutry Oldest Troll Courtier Dudy Foulds Farm Girl Irene French An Ugly Brat Roger Gage A Lad Robert Harrold unnamed part Reginald Hearne Bridegroom’s Father Winifred Hill An Old Woman Michael Holmes unnamed part Wendy Hyde unnamed part Stuart Latham The Bridegroom Christine Lindsay Bridegroom’s Mother Jeanne Lusby unnamed part Nan Marriott-Watson Solveig’s Mother Mary Mojeska unnamed part Phyllis Morris An Old Woman; Kari Mary O’Farrell Ase Susan Richards A Woman Janette Richer Farm Girl John Sharplin Aslak Frank Shelley A Man Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) Peer Gynt George Woodbridge The Kitchen-Master Marjorie Woodhams unnamed part
Additional details
- Play tags
- Norwegian drama
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Peer Gynt (BBC, 1954)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 29 October 1954 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, pp. 14 and 38; articles, p. 9 and 15
Associated programmes
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