SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A live recording of Val May’s 1964 Bristol Old Vic production of Love’s Labour’s Lost with Richard Pasco as Berowne and Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Rosaline.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Recording date

10 Sep 1964

Credits

Director

Val May

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Michael Annals

Cast

Rowena Cooper	Ferdinand, King of Navarre
Richard Pasco	Berowne
Eithne Dunne	Princess of France
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Rosaline
Christopher Benjamin	Don Adriano de Armado
Alan Collins	Clerk
Alan Knight	Lord
Anthony Vogel	Lord
Bonnie Hurren	Maria
Frank Middlemass	Nathaniel
James Cossins	Holofernes
Jennifer Woodford	Jaquenetta
Julian Battersby	Forester
Julian Curry	Anthony Dull
Leader Hawkins	Chamberlain
Michael Fleming	Lord
Michael Jayston	Longaville
Michael Quinto	Forester
Peter Baldwin	Dumaine
Russell Hunter	Costard
Sebastian Breaks	Monsieur Marcade
Stanley Bates	Moth
Terrence Hardiman	Boyet

Additional Details

Theatre

Old Vic Theatre

Theatre company

Bristol Old Vic

Production type

Other

Plays

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Notes

Notes

The British Library Sound Archive catalogue entry for this production indicates that the recording is incomplete with probably the first act missing (11/2008).

History

The production (catalogued separately) was televised by the BBC and broadcast 6 June 1965.

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

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Fax

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