As You Like It

Synopsis

Ian Atkins televised adaptation of Robert Atkins’ ‘Bankside Players’ production who made up the cast for this studio performance of the play.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

14 Jul 1946 at 20:30 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No copy preserved

Credits

Director

Robert Atkins

Producer

Ian Atkins

Writer

William Shakespeare

Contributor

Regent’s Park Orchestra

Cast

Angela Shafto
Clement Hamelin
David Enders
David March
David Read
Desmond Llewelyn
Diana Wilson
Elizabeth Marshall
Georgia Thorndike
Ivan Staff
John Byron
John Humphrey
John Vere
Mary Honer
Oscar Quitak
Patricia Hicks
Peter Bell
Reginald Hayes
Richard Littledale
Robert Woodroofe
Thomas Dance
Vivienne Bennett

Additional Details

Theatre company

Bankside Players

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Actors for this production were recruited from Robert Atkins’ Bankside Players, an Open Air Theatre Company which performed the play at Regent’s Park, London in June 1946.

History

The first Shakespeare programme to be broadcast after television transmission was suspended at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

Reviews

In the Radio Times issue 12 July 1946, Ian Atkins describes some of the problems involved in adapting his father’s Open Air Theatre production for the television screen ("Open Air Theatre to Studio", p. 27).

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)