Ondine [Act 2]
- Summary
- 1961 BBC presentation of Act 2 of Ondine by Jean Giraudoux, ‘recorded at the Aldwych Theatre, London’ and performed by ‘the London Company of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre’. Theatre director Peter Hall introduced the broadcast excerpt.
- Theatre play
- Ondine by Jean Giraudoux [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 11 April 1961
- Time
- 8.45-9.30pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
Credits
- Television Presentation by
- John Vernon
- Theatre Director
- Peter Hall
- Playwright
- Jean Giraudoux
- Translator
- Maurice Valoney (it is presumed that the credit ‘adapted by’ refers to the playtext and not the television production process)
- Sets / Settings
- Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-2003)
- Costumes
- Tanya Moiseiwitsch (1914-2003)
- Introduced by
- Peter Hall
- Cast
Patrick Allen Auguste Sylvia Beamish Yvonne Bonnamy James Bree The King Patsy Byrne Leslie Caron Ondine John Cater Roy Dotrice Mavis Edwards Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Queen Isolde Wendy Gifford Derek Godfrey The King of Ondines Alfred Hallett Ian Holm Peter Jeffrey Richard Johnson Hans Donald Layne-Smith The Superintendent of the Theatres Siân Phillips Bertha Eric Porter The Lord Chamberlain Diana Rigg Meg Ritchie P. G. Stephens David Sumner Clive Swift
Additional details
- Origination
- Recorded in theatre
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- French drama
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 6 April 1961 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- illustrated article, p. 29; listing, p. 31
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