Ironhand

Summary: 1965 BBC Television production of John Arden’s Ironhand, his adaptation of Goethe’s Götz von Berlichingen.
Theatre play: Ironhand by John Arden [more information]
Play synopsis: Arden’s version of Goethe’s Götz von Berlichingen, a play ‘based on the memoirs of the historical adventurer-poet Gottfried or Götz von Berlichingen (c. 1480-1562). [...] Goethe’s hero is a free spirit, a maverick, intended to be a pillar of national integrity against a deceitful and over-refined society, and the way in which he tragically succumbs to the abstract concepts of law and justice shows the submission of the individual in that society.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen_%28Goethe%29.
Production history: Dated to 1965.
Date of transmission: Sunday 11 April 1965
Duration: 105 mins
Series: Theatre 625
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Producer

Cedric Messina

Film Cameraman

Peter Sargent

Playwright

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Adaptor of Script

John Arden

Adaptor of Script

James Brabazon (1923-2007) (credited as ‘Story Editor’)

Designer

Richard Henry

Costume Supervisor

Olive Harris

Make-up Supervisor

Toni Chapman

Film Editor

Eric Brown

Cast

Notes: Cast list and credits taken from the extant recording in the BBC’s archive.
Play tags: 16th-century setting; German drama; historical drama

Title: Ironhand (BBC, 1965)
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