The Tempest
- Summary
- 1980 BBC production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, as part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
- Theatre play
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Wednesday 27 February 1980
- Time
- 8.30-10.35pm
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- John Gorrie
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Lighting
- Clive Thomas
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Composer
- Joseph Horovitz
- Designer
- Paul Joel
- Costumes
- Alun Hughes
- Make-up
- Christine Beveridge
- Choreographer
- Geoffrey Cauley
- Script Editor
- Alan Shallcross
- Cast
John Alasdair Spirit / Shape Pierre Althoff Spirit / Shape Terry John Bates Spirit / Shape Marion Betzold Spirit / Shape Christopher Bramwell Adrian Roland Brine Spirit / Shape Edwin Brown Master Arthur Wellesley Tomson Kate Castle Spirit / Shape Warren Clarke Caliban David Dixon Ariel George Fechter Spirit / Shape Elizabeth Gardner Ceres Kenneth Gilbert Boatswain Derek Godfrey Antonio Paul Greenhalgh Francisco Christopher Guard Ferdinand Pippa Guard Miranda Nigel Hawthorne Stephano David Hepburn Spirit / Shape Michael Hordern Prospero Rodney James Spirit / Shape Bernard Jamieson Spirit / Shape Gwyneth Lloyd Juno John Nettleton Gonzalo Leonie Palette Spirit / Shape Judith Rees Iris Alan Rowe Sebastian Andrew Sachs Trinculo Arthur Sweet Spirit / Shape David Waller Alonso
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- The Tempest (BBC, 1980)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address
White City
Telephone
London
UK+44 (0)20 8008 2288
Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
AccessBBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 21 February 1980 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 21; listing, with image, p. 55
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 979 times.