Festival_(British_TV_series)

Festival (British TV series)

Festival (British TV series)

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Festival is an hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and aired on the BBC from 1963–64.[1] There were a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett.[2][3] Titles include Krapp's Last Tape by Beckett, Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot, and Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello.[2][4][5][6][7]

Cast

Guest stars

included Judi Dench, Diane Cilento, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson, Lee Grant, Milo O'Shea and Margaret Whiting.[6][4][2][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Festival (TV series) (1963)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Festival: The Comedy of Errors". 1 January 1964. p. 35 – via BBC Genome.
  3. [3]
    "Festival presenting: Krapp's Last Tape". 13 November 1963. p. 43 – via BBC Genome.
  4. [4]
    "Festival: Lysistrata". 15 January 1964. p. 41 – via BBC Genome.
  5. [5]
    "Under Milk Wood (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Making trails for BBC TV - a director's story". BBC. 17 November 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Festival (1963-1964)".


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