Synopsis

A televised adaptation of the play with some technical flaws. Presented with music by Sibelius and dancing support from the London Ballet.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

5 Feb 1939 at 21:10 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No archive copy extant

Credits

Director

Dallas Bower

Producer

Dallas Bower

Writer

William Shakespeare

Art Direction

Malcolm Baker-Smith

Cast

John Abbott	Prospero
Peggy Ashcroft	Miranda
Stephen Haggard	Ariel
George Devine	Caliban
Richard Ainley	Ferdinand
Alan Wheatley	Alonso
Basil Langton	Antonio
Charles Farrell	Stephano
Charlotte Bidmead
Dennis Price	Master of the Ship
Elizabeth Hamilton
Erik Chitty	Boatswain
Graham Payn	Francisco
Guy Massey
Hugh Laing
John Regan
John Turnbull	Gonzalo
Oliver Burt	Sebastian
Peggy Van Praagh
Richard Goolden	Trinculo
Stuart Latham	Adrian
Therese Langfield
Vera Lindsay	Iris

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Tempest, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a television script.

General

The stage managers were E. Boseley and R. Price.

Reviews

For ‘backstage’ details about production issues cf. Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 610, p. 283.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)