Adventure Story

Summary

1961 BBC Television production of Adventure Story by Terence Rattigan.

Theatre play

Adventure Story by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) [more information]

Play synopsis

Play about Alexander the Great, set in the twelve years leading up to 323 BC.

Production history

First staged in 1949 at the St James’s Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Monday 12 June 1961

Time

8.45-10.35pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

Playwright

Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)

Designer

Clifford Hatts

Wardrobe Supervisor

Elizabeth Agombar

Make-up Supervisor

Shirley Peck

Cast

Michael Brennan	'Father’ Cleitus
Lyndon Brook	Philotas
Walter Brown	Polystratos
Edward Cast	Perdiccas
Sean Connery	Alexander
Bandana das Gupta	Roxana
William Devlin (1911-1987)	Parmenion
Ann Dimitri	Queen Statira
Noël Hood	The Pythia
Pauline Knight	Princess Statira
Tutte Lemkow	Mazares
Shimon Levy	Persian Officer
Walter Randall	Palace Official
William Russell	Hephaestion
Alex Scott	Ptolemy
Margaretta Scott	Queen Mother
Paul Stassino	King Darius
Alan Tilvern	Prince Bessus

Additional details

Play tags

ancient Greece; historical drama

Audiovisual sources

Title

Adventure Story (BBC, 1961)

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

Radio Times, 8 June 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article with photographs, pp. 18-19; illustrated listing, p. 21