The Life of Galileo
- Summary
- 1964 BBC production of The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht.
- Theatre play
- Life of Galileo [Leben des Galilei] by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Wednesday 29 April 1964
- Time
- 9.25-10.35pm and 10.45-11.30pm
- Series
- Festival
- Channel
- BBC1
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Charles Jarrott
- Producer
- Peter Luke
- Playwright
- Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
- Adapted for Television by
- Ursula Gray
- Translator
- Charles Laughton
- Composer
- Norman Kay
- Designer
- Richard Wilmot
- Costumes
- Joyce Hammond
- Make-up
- Christine Hillcoat
- Story Editor
- Harry Moore
- Cast
Patrick Barr Cardinal Barberini Reginald Barratt Mathematician Andre Boulay Second Secretary Rosalie Crutchley Mrs Sarti Vernon Dobtcheff Philosopher Paul Endersby The Doge / Christopher Clavius John Gatrell Lord Chamberlain John Gay First Secretary Simon Gough Second Monk Michael Graham Infuriated Scholar / Informer Ewan Hooper Federzoni James Kerry Andrea, the Man Ronald Lacey Little Monk Marne Maitland Cardinal Inquisitor Fergus McClelland Andrea Leo McKern Galileo Monica Merlin Elderly Lady Anthony Morton Priull Michael Peake Senator Darryl Read Prince Cosimo de Medici George Roubicek Ludovico Malcolm Russell Old Cardinal Jonathan Scott Attendant Monk Sheila Shand-Gibbs Virginia John Southworth Scholar / Town Crier Peter Stephens Fat Prelate Martin Sterndale Matti Nigel Stock Narrator / Sagredo / Cardinal Bellarmin / Pamphleteer / Peasant Roy Wilson First Monk / Official
Additional details
- Play tags
- 17th-century setting; Christianity; German drama; Italy, as theme or setting; Roman Catholicism; science
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- The Life of Galileo (BBC, 1964)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 23 April 1964 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- illustrated article, p. 43; listing, p. 47
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