Learning on ScreenOld Vic
- Synopsis
- Television programme going behind the scenes at the Old Vic theatre. The Old Vic was in its third year of a five-year project to stage all Shakespeare’s plays working from the First Folio. There are shots of dress rehearsals, scenery and lighting for a production of Julius Caesar. Huw Wheldon talks to the Company Director, Michael Benthall about the production. The programme then moves to Lime Grove studios where the actors enact scenes from the same production for television which is broadcast immediately afterwards.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 5 Sep 1955 at 21:30 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy found.
Credits
- Contributor
- Huw Wheldon; Michael Benthall
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Old Vic Theatre
- Theatre company
- Old Vic Theatre Company
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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