The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Summary

1982 BBC production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier.

Theatre play

The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier (1878-1942) [more information]

Play synopsis

The story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning’s courtship and her tyrant father’s unwillingness to allow them to marry.

Production history

This play, Besier’s only major success, premiered at the Malvern Festival of 1930, produced by Sir Barry Jackson.

Date of transmission

Thursday 30 December 1982

Time

9.00-10.05pm

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Michael Darlow

Producer

Shaun Sutton

Playwright

Rudolf Besier (1878-1942)

Composer

Francis Shaw

Conductor

Francis Shaw

Designer

Susan Spence

Costume Designer

John Peacock

Make-up Artist

Cecile Hay-Arthur

Cast

Joss Ackland	Edward Moulton Barrett
Jeremy Brett	Robert Browning
Lea Brodie	Henrietta
John Bryans (?-1989)	Dr Ford-Waterlow
Geoffrey Collins	George
Kate David	Wilson
Stacy Dorning	Bella Hedley
Carmen du Sautoy	Arabel
Alex Guard	Octavius
David Holloway	Alfred
Stephen Kemble	Septimus
Jane Lapotaire	Elizabeth Moulton Barrett
John Leeson	Henry
Nigel Stock	Dr Chambers
Malcolm Tierney	Henry Bevan
Michael Troughton	Captain Surtees Cook
Haydn Wood	Charles

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; poetry and literature, as theme

Audiovisual sources

Title

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (BBC, 1982)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
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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, 23 December 1982 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 9; listing, p. 55