As You Like It

Synopsis

A televised production of the play with Margaret Leighton as Rosalind and Laurence Harvey as Orlando.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

15 Mar 1953 at 20:40 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

120 mins

Availability

Unavailable

Credits

Director

Peter Ebert

Producer

Campbell Logan

Writer

William Shakespeare

Art Direction

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Margaret Leighton	Rosalind
Isabel Dean	Celia
Laurence Harvey	Orlando
Kenneth Connor	Touchstone
Michael Hordern	Jaques
Eliot Makeham	Corin
Guy Verney	Jaques de Boys
Henry Oscar	Duke Frederick
Horace Sequeira	Adam
John Schlesinger	Amiens
Michael Brennan	Charles
Michael Malnick	Dennis
Pamela Alan	Phebe
Peter Wyngarde	Sylvius (Silvius)
Roderick Lovell	Oliver
Stanford Holme	Le Beau
Stanford Holme	William
Stuart Latham	Sir Oliver Martext
Vida Hope	Audrey
Walter Hudd	Duke Senior

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William

Notes

Notes

Production cost: £ 2.343 (BBC Play Library)
Cast: 24 prinicipal actors.

The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a typescript.

History

The transmission was repeated 19 March 1953 at 19:30. Rothwell & Melzer in Shakespeare on Screen, transcribing from Program and Notes, Television Programme as Broadcast, BBC 15 March 1953, note a running time of 48 minutes; the programme was billed as 2 hours duration.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)