Black Kite
2013 · Drama · Family
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TV series / 1965
BBC Play of the Month
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John GorrieBasil ColemanCedric MessinaRudolph Cartier
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Donald McWhinnieWaris HusseinJames MacTaggartJames Cellan JonesAlan BridgesWilliam SlaterAlan CookeBill HaysDavid GilesDon TaylorAlan ClarkeChristopher MorahanHerbert WiseClaude WhathamMichael DarlowMichael Lindsay-HoggPiers HaggardAnthony PageAlvin RakoffJames OrmerodMichael ElliottMoira ArmstrongPhilip DudleyRobert KnightsTerence DudleyGareth DaviesRonald WilsonJohn GlenisterAlan GibsonRaymond MenmuirStuart BurgeJack GoldJane HowellDavid Hugh JonesMichael SimpsonPhilip SavilleJonathan MillerPeter Wood
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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Cast
Charles GrayMr. Beebe · Lord Augustus · Antonio · Charles Strickland · Gayev · Adrian Blenderbland · Field-Marshall Allenby · Richard Greatham · Sir Harcourt Courtly
Eric PorterMacbeth · Arthur Winslow · Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm · Cyrano de Bergerac · Jack Tanner · Councillor Albert Parker
Donald PickeringPréfet de Police · Hotel Manager · Soliony · Monty Cave · Ronald Utterword · George Farrant
Jeremy BrettBasil Hallward · George, Duke of Bristol · Lord Berowne · Captain Jack Absolute · Joseph Surface · Vicount Goring
John GielgudLord Henry 'Harry' Wotton · Capt. Shotover · Charles II · Lord Burleigh · The Inquisitor · Chorus
Lally BowersMiss Prism · Mrs. Telfer · Mrs. Higgins · Miss Lavish · The Dowager Empress · Lavinia Penniman
Stephanie BidmeadAunt · Miss Ronberry · Maudie · Lady Capulet · Mrs. Sorby
Michael HordernThe Devil · Mr. Posket · God · Lear · Tartuffe
Celia JohnsonSheila · Madame Ranyevskaya · Eloise · Judith Bliss · Mrs. Alving
Derek GodfreyLord Darlington · Sir Isaac Newton · Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester · Gregers Werle · Orestes' Tutor
Robert StephensOberon · Grigory Rasputin · Trigorin · Prince of Wales · Mark Antony
Alan BadelGeneral Charles 'Chinese' Gordon · Sir Fretful Plagiary · Svengali · Sir Robert Morton · Father
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Helen MirrenBeatrice-Joanna · Babbie · Margery Pinchwife · Orinthia
Anthony HopkinsEdmund Kean · Alfred Allmers · Andrey · Astrov
Geoffrey BayldonSergei Voinitsev · Dyadin · Cajetan · Archbishop of Rheims
Ronald HinesRonny Heaslop · Lord Windermere · Toozenbach · Dirk Stroeve
Edward FoxCaptain Dancy, DSO · Charles Surface · Lysander · Flt. Lieutenant Stoker
Jerome WillisLe Bret · The Sea Captain · Zaryezov
Virginia McKennaHester · Mary Stuart · Adela Quested · Fraulein von Bernburg
Ian McKellenSimon Bliss · George Tesman · Ross / T.E. Lawrence · Captain Plume
Janet SuzmanHedda Gabler · Lady Macbeth · Joan of Arc · Masha
Ian OgilvyThomas Aimwell · Candide · Arthur Gower · Rev. Gavin Dishart
Frank FinlaySancho Panza · Shylock · Voltaire · Marcus Brutus
Bernard HeptonLord Portmandeau · Village Priest · Sir Andrew Melvil
Beryl ReidMrs. Malaprop · Victoria · Maria Helliwell · Amanda
Ronald PickupAriel · Brother Martin Ladvenu · Edgar · Mercutio
Rachel KempsonFraulein von Kesten · Miss Trafalgar Gower · Mrs. Whitefield · Ruth Wilcox
Gwen NelsonMartha · Aunt Juley · Housekeeper
Maurice DenhamGeorge Fox · Julius Caesar · Don Adriano de Armando · Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais
Peter JeffreyO'Reilly · Comte de Guiche · Edward Noble
Michael GambonTheseus · Lt. Cmdr. Bill Rogers · Gregory · Boris Trigorin
Richard PearsonHerbert Soppitt · Mazzini Dunn · Koolyghin · Rev. Canon Chasuble
Hugh WaltersBritish Corporal · Steward · Darius · Tench
Alan RoweSir Luke Strett · Gilbert Wedgecroft · Filips · Ross
Peter BarkworthEarl of Rintoul · Prime Minister Joe Proteus · Tsar Nicholas II · Julius Sagamore
Nicholas JonesCapt. Halliwell · Freddy Eynsford-Hill · Young Baron · Valère
Barry JacksonBurglar · Koepfer · Andrei · Gai
Clifford RoseCool · Robin Starveling · Boyet · Wilder
Eileen AtkinsOlga · Electra · Catherine Sloper · Titania
Candace GlendenningRose · Anya Hvostov · Beatie Tomlinson
Charles CarsonThe Earl of Caversham · Stanpitz · Gladstone
Gertan KlauberTurkish Inspector · Montfleury · Konon Molody
Ronnie BarkerStephen Spettigue · Henry Ormonroyd · Nick Bottom
Cyril ShapsJoel Brand · Herbin · Feers
Tom CriddleLeo · Capt. Tunney · Mouraviev
Ronald FraserCol. Pickering · Squire · Serebryakov
Christopher BenjaminEd Keller · A Cobbler · Dr. Relling
Ian HolmOedipus · Alceste · Khrushchov
Athene SeylerLucy Amorest · Mrs. Whyte · Mrs. Boham
Charles KayVladimir Talberg · Tybalt · de Levis
T. P. McKennaTomazo de Piracquo · Kommissarov · Sir Lucius O'Trigger
James VilliersHenry Higgins · Cecil Graham · Alastair Fitzfassenden
Michael CraigOrgon · James II · Earl of Warwick
Judy GeesonChloe Hornblower · Lady Windermere · Lucy Honeychurch
John ThawBanquo · George J. Bundavin
Barrie InghamCaptain Horace Vale · Count de Koefeld · Auda Abu Tayi
Dinsdale LandenCharley Wykeham · Dazzle · Jon Denton
Roland CulverSir William Gower · Serebriakov · Col. Selby
Anna MasseyTilburina · Caroline · Myra Arundel
John AldertonTom Wrench · Malcolm · Lydia Languish
Bunny MayLauncelot Gobbo · Fag · Puck
Maggie SmithPortia · Epifana · Ann Whitefield
Vivien MerchantJane Noble · Evelyn Daly · Dona Ana
Ann BeachMrs. Dainty Fidget · Anna Vyroubova · Gwen
David SpenserSoldier · Seyton · Duke of Morocco
James BreeAdolphus 'Dolly' Spanker · Protopopov · Lifanov
Vickery TurnerSonya · Jackie Coryton · Regina Engstrand
Alan WebbPyotr Sorin · Teiresias · Vermandero
Daphne HeardMrs. Voynitsky · Witch · Miss Avery
Patrick MageeFergus Crampton · Tetzel · The Storyteller
John QuarmbyMereshchun · Sushkin
Coral BrowneLady Bracknell · Mrs. Erlynne · Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
Betsy BlairSusan Stringham · Mrs. Winemiller · Linda
Sarah BadelNatasha · Olwen Peel · Goneril
Ciaran MaddenAlison Porter · Alithea · Adrienne
Siân PhillipsThe Duchesse of Berwich · Anna Voinitseva · Hesione Hushabye
Tony HaygarthScrub · Sir Nathaniel
Dandy NicholsEsme Flint · Mrs Turton · Miss Hodge
John MoffattAndrew Mealmaker · Jackie Jackson · Prince of Aragon
Adrienne CorriAmy, Countess of Gosswill · Violet · Lady Fidget
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