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by William Shakespeare.
Adapted by John Barton.
The Royal Shakespeare Company in Peter Hall's production broadcast in eleven parts.
(First shown on BBC-1)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by/Director (for the Royal Shakespeare Company):
John Barton
Music (for the Royal Shakespeare Company):
Guy Woolfenden
Settings and costumes (for the Royal Shakespeare Company):
John Bury
Costumes in collaboration with:
Ann Curtis
Director (for the Royal Shakespeare Company):
Peter Hall
Producer (for BBC Television):
Michael Barry
Director (for BBC Television):
Michael Hayes
Richard:
Ian Holm
Lieutenant of the Tower:
Ted Valentine
King Henry VI:
David Warner
King Edward IV:
Roy Dotrice
Clarence:
Charles Kay
Queen Elizabeth:
Susan Engel
Buckingham:
William Squire
Hastings:
Hugh Sullivan
Lady Anne:
Janet Suzman
Rivers:
Derek Waring
Derby:
John Hussey
Margaret:
Peggy Ashcroft
Catesby:
Charles Thomas
First Murderer:
Donald Burton
Second Murderer:
Philip Brack

The fourth programme in a series in which the world-famous opera producer Carl Ebert works on scenes from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with students, and young professional singers.

"He was there to give a lesson in opera. But he gave me a lesson in the art of living." (Daily Mirror)

Tonight's programme includes the duet for Susanna and the Count, from Act 3, followed by the Sextet

(Next programme: Thursday, March 10)

Contributors

Presenter:
Carl Ebert
Repetiteur:
Martin Isepp
Producer:
Walter Todds
Susanna:
Joan Passmore
Count Almaviva:
Alan Charles
Marcellina:
Joyce Jarvis
Figaro:
William Elvin
Don Curzio:
Douglas Boulton
Dr. Bartolo:
Wyndham Parfitt

A tribute to one of the world's great laughtermakers including:
Highlights from a career which spanned half a century of Hollywood history, and a close-up of the famous stone-faced comedian at work on "The Railrodder", which was to prove almost his last film.
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada

Contributors

Directed and photographed by:
John Spotton

BBC Two England

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