Learning on ScreenNational Youth Theatre: Coriolanus
- Alternative title
- Coriolanus
- Synopsis
- Televised recording of Michael Croft’s National Youth Theatre Company stage production set in 1914. John Nightingale is Coriolanus.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 23 May 1965 at 19:25 (Channel: BBC2)
- Duration
- 150 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy found (2007)
Credits
- Director
- Roger Jenkins
- Producer
- Bernard Hepton; Michael Croft
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Art Direction
- Barry Newberry; Christopher Lawrence
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- Theatre company
- National Youth Theatre of Great Britain
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- Edwardian
- Plays
- Coriolanus
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Youth Theatre
Notes
- Notes
- The production was set in the period just before World War I, drawing parallels between the militant nationalism of Coriolanus and the doctrines of the Kaiser in the Second Reich.
- History
- The production was first staged at the Queen’s Theatre, London, in 1964 and was subsequently recorded for television at the Chichester Festival Theatre in April 1965.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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