The Circle of Chalk
- Summary
- 1958 BBC Television production of The Circle of Chalk from the ancient Chinese by the German poet Alfred Henschke (under the pseudonym ‘Klabund’) and made into an English version by James Laver.
- Theatre play
- The Circle of Chalk by Alfred ['Klabund’] Henschke [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 9 March 1958
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Series
- Television World Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Douglas Allen
- Playwright
- Alfred ['Klabund’] Henschke
- Adaptor of Script
- James Laver ('English version by’)
- Composer
- William Bardwell
- Designer
- Stephen Taylor
- Costume Designer
- Elizabeth Agombar
- Make-up Supervisor
- Tommy Manderson
- Movement
- Lydia Sokolova
- Cast
Michael Anthony First Soldier David Bird Ma Aleksander Browne Second Soldier Marie Burke Mrs Chang Golda Casimir Mrs Len Jacqueline Chan Yo, Teahouse Girl Howell Davies The Innkeeper Leslie Goby Fourth Soldier Dorothy Lee Yow, Teahouse Girl Gillian Lind Yu-Pi Barbara Lee Yu Ling Yu, Teahouse Girl Frank Olegario Third Soldier Olaf Pooley Chow William Russell Prince Pao Peter Stephens Tong Charles Wade A Brother San Leonard White A Poet Paul Whitsun-Jones Chu-Chu Aubrey Woods A Brother San Raymond Young Chang-Ling Chin Yu Chang-Hi-Tang
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- China, as theme or setting; marriage; murder; royalty
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Television: The Circle of Chalk (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 10 March 1958, p. 5
- Title
- Radio Times, 7 March 1958 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 7; listing, p. 13
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