Measure for Measure [extracts]

Summary: 1963 BBC outside broadcast of the ‘final moments’ of the last performance of the Old Vic Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, the Company’s last production at Waterloo Road. This excerpt was part of a programme titled Farewell to the Vic which included speeches by Sybil Thorndike and others.
Theatre play: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Depravity and sexual licence have become an issue in Vienna and the Duke Vincentio, who has decided to take a break from ruling, appoints Angelo to rule in his absence, assisted by a trusted councillor, Escalus. The first thing Angelo does is pronounce that he is going to enforce the immorality laws to try and stamp out the epidemic of "loose" living.' Source: http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/play-summary/measure-for-measure/.
Production history: First recorded performance was in 1604.
Date of transmission: Saturday 15 June 1963
Time: 10.05-11.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Old Vic Company, London

Title: Measure for Measure (BBC, 1963)
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