Peer Gynt, Part 2

Summary: 1954 BBC production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, given in two parts.
Theatre play: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Ibsen believed Per Gynt, the Norwegian fairy tale on which the play is loosely based, to be rooted in fact, and several of the characters are modelled after Ibsen’s own family, notably his parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. He was also generally inspired by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen’s collection of Norwegian fairy tales, published in 1845. [...] Peer Gynt is the son of the once highly regarded Jon Gynt. Jon Gynt spent all his money on feasting and living lavishly, and had to go from his farm as a wandering salesman, leaving his wife and son behind in debt. Åse, the mother, wished to raise her son to restore the lost fortune of his father, but Peer is soon to be considered useless. He is a poet and a braggart, not unlike the youngest son from Norwegian fairy tales, the "Ash Lad", with whom he shares some characteristics.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt.
Production history: Peer Gynt was first performed in Christiania (now Oslo) on 24 February 1876, with original music composed by Edvard Grieg.
Date of transmission: Thursday 4 November 1954
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Series: Saturday Night Theatre
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

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

Bruno Barnabe	Herr Trumpeterstrale
Mark Bering	unnamed part
Joy Carter	Dancing Girl
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	An Old Crooked Man
Norman Claridge	Monsieur Ballon / A Preacher
Leslie Cooper	unnamed part
Josephine Crombie	Solveig
Frances Crossley	Dancing Girl
Rosalie Crutchley	Anitra
Clifford Evans	The Button-Moulder
Charles Farrell	Mr Cotton
Roger Gage	An Officer / Fellah
Robert Harrold	unnamed part
Reginald Hearne	The Bailiff
Christopher Hodge	The Captain
Michael Holmes	unnamed part
Wendy Hyde	Dancing Girl
Carl Jaffé	Begriffenfeldt
Stuart Latham	Huhu
Christine Lindsay	A Woman
Jeanne Lusby	Dancing Girl
Mary Mojeska	Dancing Girl
Ralph Nossek	The Minister Hussein / The Watch
Frederick Schiller	Herr Von Eberkopf / Schafmann
John Sharplin	The Man in Mourning
Frank Shelley	A Strange Passenger
Kevin Stoney	The Mate
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)	Peer Gynt
Marjorie Woodhams	Dancing Girl

Title: Peer Gynt (BBC, 1954)
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