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BBC Play of the Month
5.2(8)196516 seasons · 128 ep
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.
- Director
- John Gorrie,Rudolph Cartier,Cedric Messina,Basil Coleman,Waris Hussein,Donald McWhinnie,Alan Bridges,James Cellan Jones,William Slater,Bill Hays,James MacTaggart,Alan Cooke,Don Taylor,David Giles,Herbert Wise,Alan Clarke,Christopher Morahan,Anthony Page,Michael Lindsay-Hogg,Michael Darlow,Piers Haggard,James Ormerod,Claude Whatham,Alvin Rakoff,David Hugh Jones,Michael Simpson,Stuart Burge,Terence Dudley,Jack Gold,Robert Knights,Raymond Menmuir,John Glenister,Philip Dudley,Ronald Wilson,Philip Saville,Jane Howell,Gareth Davies,Alan Gibson,Jonathan Miller,Peter Wood,Michael Elliott,Moira Armstrong
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Cast

Charles Gray
Gayev

Eric Porter
Councillor Albert Parker

Donald Pickering
Préfet de Police

Jeremy Brett
Captain Jack Absolute

John Gielgud
Capt. Shotover
Lally Bowers
Miss Lavish

Stephanie Bidmead
Lady Capulet

Michael Hordern
The Devil

Celia Johnson
Judith Bliss

Derek Godfrey
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Robert Stephens
Mark Antony

Alan Badel
Sir Fretful Plagiary

Helen Mirren
Margery Pinchwife

Anthony Hopkins
Astrov

Geoffrey Bayldon
Archbishop of Rheims

Ronald Hines
Dirk Stroeve

Edward Fox
Flt. Lieutenant Stoker

Jerome Willis

Virginia McKenna
Mary Stuart

Ian McKellen
George Tesman

Janet Suzman
Lady Macbeth

Ian Ogilvy
Candide

Frank Finlay
Sancho Panza

Bernard Hepton
Sir Andrew Melvil
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Crew
Directing
- John GorrieDirector
- Rudolph CartierDirector
- Cedric MessinaDirector
- Basil ColemanDirector
- Waris HusseinDirector
- Donald McWhinnieDirector
- Alan BridgesDirector
- James Cellan JonesDirector
- William SlaterDirector
- Bill HaysDirector
- James MacTaggartDirector
- Alan CookeDirector
Writing
- George Bernard ShawWriter
- Anton ChekhovTheatre Play
- Terence RattiganAuthor
- Hugh WhitemoreAdaptation
- Oscar WildeAuthor
- E.M. ForsterNovel
- Henrik IbsenAuthor
- J. B. PriestleyWriter
- John OsborneWriter
- George FarquharTheatre Play
- Henry JamesNovel
- Richard B. SheridanWriter
Production
- Cedric MessinaProducer
- David E. JonesProducer
- Louis MarksProducer
- Gerald SavoryProducer
- Alan ShallcrossProducer
- Peter LukeProducer
- Christopher MorahanProducer
- Tony GarnettProducer
- James Cellan JonesProducer
Sound
- Trevor DuncanMusic
- George FentonMusic
Art
- Barry LearoydProduction Design
- Richard WilmotSet Designer
Crew
- Elisaveta FenTranslator
- Michael MeyerTranslator
- E.F. WatlingTranslator
- Michael GlennyTranslator
- Stephen SpenderTranslator
- Rudolph CartierScript
- J.M. CohenTranslator
- Barbara BurnhamTranslator
- Don TaylorAdditional Dialogue
- Frank HauserTranslator
- Reed De RouenScript
- Brian HookerTranslator