The Tempest [extract]

Summary: 1968 ABC Television production for ITV of part of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, for an episode of the arts programme Tempo, entitled The Actor and the Role.
Theatre play: The Tempest by William Shakespeare [more information]
Play synopsis: Teh Tempest is set on a remote island, ‘where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio’s lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso’s son, Ferdinand.' (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest.)
Production history: Believed to have been written 1610-11, published in the First Folio 1623.
Date of transmission: Sunday 14 April 1968
Time: 2.05-2.30pm
Series: Tempo
Channel: ITV
Production company: ABC Television (1955-1968)