Little Eyolf

Summary

1982 BBC production of Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen, presented under the Play of the Month banner.

Theatre play

Little Eyolf [Lille Eyolf] by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) [more information]

Play synopsis

'A possessive woman, a weak husband - and a sister-in-law who is devoted to their crippled son - work out a strange destiny’ (TV Times, 18 April 1958, p. 25).

Production history

The play was first performed on January 12, 1895 in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eyolf).

Date of transmission

Monday 19 July 1982

Time

9.25-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Month

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Michael Darlow

Producer

Louis Marks

Lighting

Sam Barclay

Playwright

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

Translator

Michael Meyer

Designer

Tony Abbott

Script Editor

Stuart Griffiths

Cast

Peggy Ashcroft	The Rat Wife
Charles Dance	Borghejm
Anthony Hopkins	Alfred Allmers
Emma Piper	Asta
Diana Rigg	Rita Allmers
Timothy Stark	Eyolf

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; Norwegian drama

Audiovisual sources

Title

Little Eyolf (BBC, 1982)

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

TV Times, 15 July 1982 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing, p. 30; long article, with images, pp. 64-66