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Coriolanus, Part 2: The Voices

Summary
1963 BBC production of Coriolanus, presented in three parts as a component of the nine-episode cycle The Spread of the Eagle, which is based on three Roman plays by Shakespeare. The Voices is Part 2 of Coriolanus.
Theatre play
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare [more information]
Date of transmission
Friday 10 May 1963
Time
9.25-10.15pm
Series
Spread of the Eagle
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Peter Dews
Producer
Peter Dews
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Composer
Christopher Whelen
Conductor
Christopher Whelen
Designer
Clifford Hatts
Costume Supervisor
Elizabeth Agombar
Make-up Supervisor
Tommy Manderson
Fight Arranger
John Greenwood
Fight Arranger
Derek Ware
Cast
Paul BaileyCitizen
John Barcroft
Raymond ClarkeCitizen
Maurice ColbourneRoman Senator
Michael Graham CoxCitizen
Leonard Cracknell
Pamela Craig
Roger CroucherTitus Lartius
Roland CulverMenenius Agrippa
Jennifer DanielVirgilia
Marion Desmond
Hugh DicksonThe Aedile
Bernard FinchCitizen
John GayRoman Senator
John Greenwood
Robert HardyCaius Martius Coriolanus
Paul Harris
Ben HarteThe Aedile
Roy Herrick
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Barry JacksonCitizen
Peter JeffreySicinius Velutus
Noel JohnsonCominius
David KingOfficer
Charles Laurence
Beatrix LehmannVolumnia
Bernard LloydCitizen
Frank PettingellJunius Brutus
Caroline Stephens
Wendy Varnals
Terry WaleCitizen
Paul WebsterOfficer
David Weston
Hilary Wright

Additional details

Play tags
ancient Rome and colonies

Audiovisual sources

Title
Coriolanus, Part 2: The Voices (BBC, 1963)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 2 May 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 45; listing, p. 47
Title
Radio Times, 23 May 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes
Points from the Post. Pro and Con Dept., p. 10: two letters, one in praise and the other despairing of Coriolanus
Title
Radio Times, 25 April 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article on The Spread of the Eagle cycle on p. 49
Title
The Spread of the Eagle: Julius Caesar (BBC, 1963) (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
Published online at https://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/spread-of-the-eagle-julius-caesar-bbc-1963/ on 22 July 2012
Notes
This blog article focuses mainly on the Julius Caesar parts of the Spread of the Eagle, but it also has something to say about the series as a whole.

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