SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

BBC current affairs television programme. In this item presenter Vera Gilbert reports from St George’s Theatre, Tufnell Park, London. St George’s is an Elizabethan-style theatre which was converted from a Victorian church. The theatre company specialises in Shakespearean productions, performed as they were in Shakespeare’s time in Elizabethan or Jacobean dress. The programme features interviews with actor Bernard Hepton, and George Murcell, the artistic director of the theatre. Includes excerpts from the company’s production of Julius Caesar.

Series

Nationwide

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

3 May 1979 at 17:55 (Channel: BBC1)

Duration

55 mins

Credits

Contributor

George Murcell; Vera Gilbert

Cast

Bernard Hepton

Julius Caesar

Additional Details

Theatre

St George’s Theatre, London

Theatre company

St George’s Theatre Company

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan stage

Notes

Notes

The duration time given encompasses the entire length of the Nationwide programme slot.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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