David Bowie in Baal

Summary
1982 BBC production of Baal by Bertolt Brecht, presented under the title David Bowie in Baal.
Theatre play
Baal by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 2 March 1982
Time
9.25-10.30pm
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Alan Clarke
Producer
Louis Marks
Playwright
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Adapted for Television by
Alan Clarke
Adapted for Television by
John Willett
Translator
John Willett
Musical Direction
Dominic Muldowney
Designer
Tony Abbott
Sound
Mike Jones
Script Editor
Stuart Griffiths
Cast
Robert Austin
David BowieBaal
Sylvia Brayshay
Tracey Childs
Brian Coburn
Trevor Cooper
P. J. Davidson
Paola Dionisotti
James Duggan
Roy Evans
Juliet Hammond-Hill
Michael Hughes
Polly James
Jonathan Kent
Leon Lissek
Julian Littman
Michael Miller
Bill Stewart
Wally Thomas
Julian Wadham
Hugh Walters
Zoë Wanamaker (1949-)
Russell Wootton

Audiovisual sources

Title
Baal (BBC, 1982)
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
Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama: David Bowie in Baal (BBC, 1982) (Blog article)
Author/creator
Billy Smart (Author)
Reference
http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/spaces-of-television/2012/11/02/beyond-the-fourth-wall-experiments-in-tv-drama-david-bowie-in-baal-bbc-1992, published 2 November 2012
Title
David Bowie in Baal (BBC, 1982) (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/david-bowie-in-baal-bbc-1982, published 13 January 2013
Title
Radio Times, 25 February 1982 (Magazine)
Linking notes
cover image; long article, pp. 6-7, with images; listing, p. **

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