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
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)
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "As You Like It". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36645 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)