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Malatesta

Summary
1964 BBC production of Malatesta by Henry de Montherlant.
Theatre play
Malatesta by Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972) [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 2 December 1964
Time
9.25-11.00pm
Series
Wednesday Play
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Christopher Morahan
Producer
Peter Luke
Playwright
Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972)
Adaptor of Script
Rosemary Hill
Translator
Jonathan Griffin
Composer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Designer
Roger Andrews
Costumes
Michael Endacott
Make-up
Ann Ferriggi
Fight Arranger
Derek Ware
Story Editor
Harry Moore
Cast
Edward BurnhamBasinio
Blake ButlerThe Cardinal of Pavia
Dallas CavellScarampa
Roger CroucherVenieri, Lord of Camerino
Brown DerbyCardinal Marcanova
Jessica DunningIsotta da Rimini
Judy GeesonVanella
John Glyn-JonesPope Paul
David GreyMonsignor Perugia
John HollisSacramoro
Reginald JessupCardinal Borgia
Lala LloydAloysia
David MarchNarrator
Jack MelfordPlatina
Neil RobinsonNarni
Norman ScasePapal Chamberlain
Cyril ShapsPorcellio
Michael WarrenCinquedenti
Patrick WymarkSigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
15th-century setting; French drama; Italy, as theme or setting; Roman Catholicism

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 26 November 1964 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 43; listing, p. 46

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