Macbeth, Part 1: The Rise to Power
- Summary
- This 1958 multiple-part BBC production of Macbeth was transmitted for schools. It is not yet known whether the production was in two or three parts: the viewing copy available at the BBC seems to be in two parts, but the Radio Times listing for 7 February 1958 identifies the broadcast on that day as ‘Part 3’.
- Theatre play
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Friday 31 January 1958
- Time
- 2.05-2.35pm
- Series
- Schools
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Ronald Eyre
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Designer
- Gordon Roland
- Narrator
- William Squire
- Cast
Terry Baker an unnamed part Richard Beale First Murderer Heather Chasen Lady Macbeth Michael Guest Second Murderer Ruth Holden an unnamed part Basil Hoskins Banquo Fraser Kerr Messenger Geoffrey Lewis Third Witch David Ludman an unnamed part John MacKenzie Servant John Nettleton Lennox Delia Paton an unnamed part Richard Price an unnamed part Job Stewart Second Witch Kenneth Watson Ross Douglas Wilmer Macbeth Arnold Yarrow First Witch
Additional details
- Play tags
- murder; royalty; Scotland, as theme or setting
- Programme context tags
- schools television programming
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Macbeth (BBC, 1958), Parts 1 and 2
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 24 January 1958 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 14
Associated programmes
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