Macbeth, Part 1
- Summary
- 1960 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of part 1 of 4 of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, presented as episode 6 in the series The Terrible Choice, on the conflict between good and evil in medieval and Elizabethan drama. The four parts of this production of Macbeth were offered in consecutive weeks.
- Theatre play
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Wednesday 9 March 1960
- Time
- 3.23-3.50pm
- Series
- Schools; Terrible Choice
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)
Credits
- Director
- Roger Jenkins
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Designer
- George Haslam
- Introduced by
- Michael Hawkins
- Cast
Nigel Bellairs First Witch George Bishop Duncan Michael Bryant Ross William Devlin (1911-1987) Macbeth Bernard Kay Macduff Mary Morris Lady Macbeth Joseph O’Conor Banquo Pat Sandys Second Witch John Woodvine Third Witch Gabriel Woolf Malcolm
Additional details
- Later transmissions
- Repeated on Friday 11 March 1960, 3.23-3.50pm.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- murder; royalty; Scotland, as theme or setting
- Programme context tags
- schools television programming
Print sources
- Title
- Macbeth (A-R, 1960) (Archive file)
- Archive
- BFI Reuben Library [more information]
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- Reference
- Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers
- Notes
- File contains transmission script and camera script, teachers’ notes, synopses, Spring Term 1958 brochure, Programme as Telecast document, contracts with performers, etc.
- Title
- TV Times, 4 March 1960 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 30; listing for repeat, p. 34
Associated programmes
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