Learning on ScreenMurder in the Cathedral
- Summary
- An outside broadcast recording of T.S. Eliot’s verse drama from Caterbury Cathedral.
- Theatre play
- Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Wednesday 25 March 1964
- Time
- 9.25-10.55pm
- Series
- Festival
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- George R. Foa
- Producer
- Peter Luke
- Playwright
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Designer
- Stuart Durant
- Story Editor
- Harry Moore
- Cast
John Bennett Tempter / Knight Steven Berkoff Messenger John Carson Tempter / Knight Donald Conlon Priest Cyril Cusack Thomas Becket John Devaut Attendant Camilla Hasse Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Grizelda Hervey Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Mary Hignett Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Patricia Kneale Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Esmond Knight Tempter / Knight Gordon Lang Attendant Penelope Lee Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Barbara Lott Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Hilary Mason Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Alan [or Allan] McClelland Priest Carolyn Pertwee Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Denis Quilley Tempter / Knight Jeanette Roach Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Iris Russell Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Gladys Spencer Chorus, Woman of Canterbury Lewis Stringer Priest June Tobin Leader of Chorus Veronica Turleigh Leader of Chorus Penny Whittam Chorus, Woman of Canterbury
Additional details
- Origination
- Recorded on location
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Repeated on BBC2 at 8pm on 30 October 1964.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 12th-century setting; Christianity; historical drama
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 19 March 1964 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; article with illustration, p. 35; listing, p. 39
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