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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 AlasdairSpirit / Shape
Pierre AlthoffSpirit / Shape
Terry John BatesSpirit / Shape
Marion BetzoldSpirit / Shape
Christopher BramwellAdrian
Roland BrineSpirit / Shape
Edwin BrownMaster Arthur Wellesley Tomson
Kate CastleSpirit / Shape
Warren ClarkeCaliban
David DixonAriel
George FechterSpirit / Shape
Elizabeth GardnerCeres
Kenneth GilbertBoatswain
Derek GodfreyAntonio
Paul GreenhalghFrancisco
Christopher GuardFerdinand
Pippa GuardMiranda
Nigel HawthorneStephano
David HepburnSpirit / Shape
Michael HordernProspero
Rodney JamesSpirit / Shape
Bernard JamiesonSpirit / Shape
Gwyneth LloydJuno
John NettletonGonzalo
Leonie PaletteSpirit / Shape
Judith ReesIris
Alan RoweSebastian
Andrew SachsTrinculo
Arthur SweetSpirit / Shape
David WallerAlonso

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Tempest (BBC, 1980)
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
Radio Times, 21 February 1980 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, p. 21; listing, with image, p. 55

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