Volpone, Part 1

Summary

1965 BBC production for schools of Volpone by Ben Jonson, presented in three parts.

Theatre play

Volpone by Ben Jonson [more information]

Play synopsis

Volpone (Italian for ‘sly fox’) is a comedy by Ben Jonson, ‘drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson’s most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean Era comedies’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volpone).

Production history

First produced in 1606.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 21 September 1965

Time

2.05-2.35pm

Series

Schools

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Simpson

Playwright

Ben Jonson

Adapted for Television by

Michael Simpson

Designer

Stuart Walker

Introduced by

Geoffrey Whitehead

Cast

Sydney [or Sidney] Bromley	Corbaccio
Harry Dillon	Gregory
Alan MacNaughtan (1920-2002)	Voltore
Martin Matthews	Corvino
Clive Revill	Volpone
Tommy Reynolds	Nano
Eric Thompson	Mosca

Additional details

Later transmissions

Repeated on Wednesday 22 September 1965 at 11.05am.

Play tags

17th-century setting; comedy; Italian drama; Jacobean drama

Programme context tags

schools television programming

Audiovisual sources

Title

Volpone (BBC, 1965)

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, 16 September 1965 (Magazine)

Linking notes

brief mention on p. iii; listing, p. 33

Associated programmes

Volpone, Part 2 (BBC, 1965)
Volpone by Ben Jonson
BBC1 (Schools)

Volpone, Part 3 (BBC, 1965)
Volpone by Ben Jonson
BBC1 (Schools)