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Great Acting: Peggy Ashcroft

on BBC Two England

A series of programmes in which major actors discuss their start in the profession, the incidents which led to their success, and their views on acting.

Peggy Ashcroft is interviewed by David Jones on the stage of the Aldwych Theatre and in the studio.
The cast in the filmed excerpt of the rehearsal for the recent Home Service broadcast of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra:

(Peggy Ashcroft and David Jones are members of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Peggy Ashcroft
Interviewer:
David Jones
Film Cameraman:
Charles Parnall
Telerecording Editor:
Richard Barclay
Producer:
Hal Burton
Cleopatra:
Peggy Ashcroft
Messenger:
Stephen Thorne
Charmian:
Gudrun Ure

BBC Two England

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