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TV series / 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Episode directors
John GorrieBasil ColemanCedric MessinaRudolph Cartier
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Waris HusseinDonald McWhinnieJames Cellan JonesAlan BridgesAlan CookeWilliam SlaterBill HaysJames MacTaggartDavid GilesDon TaylorHerbert WiseChristopher MorahanAlan ClarkeMichael Lindsay-HoggAnthony PageClaude WhathamPiers HaggardJames OrmerodAlvin RakoffMichael DarlowPeter WoodJane HowellMichael SimpsonPhilip SavilleRobert KnightsJack GoldGareth DaviesRonald WilsonPhilip DudleyDavid Hugh JonesJonathan MillerTerence DudleyMoira ArmstrongStuart BurgeAlan GibsonRaymond MenmuirMichael ElliottJohn Glenister
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Cast
Charles GraySir Harcourt Courtly · Antonio · Gayev · Mr. Beebe · Field-Marshall Allenby · Richard Greatham · Charles Strickland · Lord Augustus · Adrian Blenderbland
Eric PorterCouncillor Albert Parker · Cyrano de Bergerac · Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm · Macbeth · Arthur Winslow · Jack Tanner
Donald PickeringMonty Cave · George Farrant · Hotel Manager · Préfet de Police · Ronald Utterword · Soliony
Jeremy BrettBasil Hallward · Captain Jack Absolute · Vicount Goring · Joseph Surface · George, Duke of Bristol · Lord Berowne
John GielgudCharles II · Lord Burleigh · Capt. Shotover · Chorus · The Inquisitor · Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton
Lally BowersThe Dowager Empress · Miss Lavish · Miss Prism · Mrs. Higgins · Mrs. Telfer · Lavinia Penniman
Stephanie BidmeadMiss Ronberry · Lady Capulet · Mrs. Sorby · Maudie · Aunt
Michael HordernLear · Mr. Posket · God · The Devil · Tartuffe
Celia JohnsonJudith Bliss · Mrs. Alving · Sheila · Madame Ranyevskaya · Eloise
Derek GodfreyGregers Werle · Lord Darlington · Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester · Orestes' Tutor · Sir Isaac Newton
Robert StephensOberon · Mark Antony · Trigorin · Grigory Rasputin · Prince of Wales
Alan BadelSir Fretful Plagiary · General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon · Father · Svengali · Sir Robert Morton
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Helen MirrenOrinthia · Margery Pinchwife · Babbie · Beatrice-Joanna
Anthony HopkinsEdmund Kean · Andrey · Astrov · Alfred Allmers
Geoffrey BayldonArchbishop of Rheims · Cajetan · Dyadin · Sergei Voinitsev
Ronald HinesLord Windermere · Dirk Stroeve · Toozenbach · Ronny Heaslop
Edward FoxCaptain Dancy, DSO · Charles Surface · Flt. Lieutenant Stoker · Lysander
Jerome WillisLe Bret · Zaryezov · The Sea Captain
Virginia McKennaHester · Mary Stuart · Adela Quested · Fraulein von Bernburg
Ian McKellenGeorge Tesman · Captain Plume · Ross / T.E. Lawrence · Simon Bliss
Janet SuzmanMasha · Joan of Arc · Lady Macbeth · Hedda Gabler
Ian OgilvyThomas Aimwell · Arthur Gower · Candide · Rev. Gavin Dishart
Frank FinlaySancho Panza · Voltaire · Marcus Brutus · Shylock
Bernard HeptonVillage Priest · Sir Andrew Melvil · Lord Portmandeau
Beryl ReidVictoria · Mrs. Malaprop · Amanda · Maria Helliwell
Ronald PickupEdgar · Ariel · Brother Martin Ladvenu · Mercutio
Rachel KempsonMrs. Whitefield · Fraulein von Kesten · Miss Trafalgar Gower · Ruth Wilcox
Gwen NelsonAunt Juley · Housekeeper · Martha
Maurice DenhamPierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais · Julius Caesar · George Fox · Don Adriano de Armando
Peter JeffreyO'Reilly · Comte de Guiche · Edward Noble
Michael GambonLt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers · Boris Trigorin · Gregory · Theseus
Richard PearsonHerbert Soppitt · Koolyghin · Rev. Canon Chasuble · Mazzini Dunn
Hugh WaltersBritish Corporal · Steward · Tench · Darius
Alan RoweRoss · Gilbert Wedgecroft · Sir Luke Strett · Filips
Peter BarkworthJulius Sagamore · Tsar Nicholas II · Earl of Rintoul · Prime Minister Joe Proteus
Nicholas JonesValère · Freddy Eynsford-Hill · Young Baron · Capt. Halliwell
Barry JacksonAndrei · Koepfer · Gai · Burglar
Clifford RoseBoyet · Robin Starveling · Wilder · Cool
Eileen AtkinsTitania · Catherine Sloper · Olga · Electra
Candace GlendenningAnya Hvostov · Beatie Tomlinson · Rose
Charles CarsonThe Earl of Caversham · Gladstone · Stanpitz
Gertan KlauberTurkish Inspector · Montfleury · Konon Molody
Ronnie BarkerNick Bottom · Stephen Spettigue · Henry Ormonroyd
Cyril ShapsFeers · Herbin · Joel Brand
Tom CriddleMouraviev · Capt. Tunney · Leo
Ronald FraserSerebryakov · Squire · Col. Pickering
Christopher BenjaminDr. Relling · A Cobbler · Ed Keller
Ian HolmOedipus · Khrushchov · Alceste
Athene SeylerLucy Amorest · Mrs. Whyte · Mrs. Boham
Charles KayVladimir Talberg · de Levis · Tybalt
T. P. McKennaSir Lucius O'Trigger · Kommissarov · Tomazo de Piracquo
James VilliersCecil Graham · Henry Higgins · Alastair Fitzfassenden
Michael CraigOrgon · James II · Earl of Warwick
Judy GeesonChloe Hornblower · Lady Windermere · Lucy Honeychurch
John ThawGeorge J. Bundavin · Banquo
Barrie InghamCaptain Horace Vale · Count de Koefeld · Auda Abu Tayi
Dinsdale LandenJon Denton · Dazzle · Charley Wykeham
Roland CulverSir William Gower · Col. Selby · Serebriakov
Anna MasseyCaroline · Myra Arundel · Tilburina
John AldertonMalcolm · Lydia Languish · Tom Wrench
Bunny MayFag · Puck · Launcelot Gobbo
Maggie SmithEpifana · Ann Whitefield · Portia
Vivien MerchantJane Noble · Dona Ana · Evelyn Daly
Ann BeachAnna Vyroubova · Mrs. Dainty Fidget · Gwen
David SpenserSeyton · Soldier · Duke of Morocco
James BreeLifanov · Adolphus 'Dolly' Spanker · Protopopov
Vickery TurnerJackie Coryton · Regina Engstrand · Sonya
Alan WebbTeiresias · Vermandero · Pyotr Sorin
Daphne HeardWitch · Miss Avery · Mrs. Voynitsky
Patrick MageeFergus Crampton · The Storyteller · Tetzel
John QuarmbyMereshchun · Sushkin
Coral BrowneDonna Lucia D'Alvadorez · Mrs. Erlynne · Lady Bracknell
Betsy BlairSusan Stringham · Linda · Mrs. Winemiller
Sarah BadelNatasha · Goneril · Olwen Peel
Ciaran MaddenAlithea · Adrienne · Alison Porter
Siân PhillipsThe Duchesse of Berwich · Anna Voinitseva · Hesione Hushabye
Tony HaygarthScrub · Sir Nathaniel
Dandy NicholsMrs Turton · Miss Hodge · Esme Flint
John MoffattPrince of Aragon · Jackie Jackson · Andrew Mealmaker
Adrienne CorriLady Fidget · Amy, Countess of Gosswill · Violet
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