Rocket to the Moon
- Summary
- 1986 Limehouse Studios production of Rocket to the Moon by Clifford Odets, presented both in America and by Channel 4 in the UK.
- Theatre play
- Rocket to the Moon by Clifford Odets (1906-1963) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 4 September 1986
- Time
- 9.30-11.35pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Production company
- Limehouse Studios
Credits
- Director
- John Jacobs
- Playwright
- Clifford Odets (1906-1963)
- Adapted for Television by
- Wesley Moore
- Cast
Connie Booth Belle Judy Davis Cleo William Hootkins John Malkovich Ben Ian McShane Eli Wallach Mr Prince Edward Wiley
Additional details
- Origination
- Recorded in studio
- Vision original
- Colour
- Play tags
- America, as theme or setting; American drama
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Rocket to the Moon (Limehouse Studios for American PBS / Channel 4, 1986)
- Archive
- BFI Research Viewing Service [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- From Edward Albee to Tennessee Williams: American Drama on the British Small Screen (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- Amanda Wrigley (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/american-drama, published 20 June 2014
- Title
- Odets’s Rocket to the Moon on 13 (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- John J. O’Connor (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The New York Times, 5 May 1986
- Title
- Thursday (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Mark Lawson (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Sunday Times, 31 August 1986, p. 44
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