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{{Short description|British TV drama anthology series (1963–1964)}}
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9844b7256|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607130555/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9844b7256|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Festival (TV series) (1963)|website=BFI}}</ref> There were a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from [[William Shakespeare]] to [[Samuel Beckett]].<ref name=comedy>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/810572188ea646809f21577fd2f519f8|title=Festival: The Comedy of Errors|date=January 1, 1964|issue=2094|pages=35|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eb22ded2f42043d0a2c17013d24118c7|title=Festival presenting: Krapp's Last Tape|date=November 13, 1963|issue=2087|pages=43|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=comedy/><ref name=lysistrata>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a04529af1854db29a5a3107c3c11381|title=Festival: Lysistrata|date=January 15, 1964|issue=2096|pages=41|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88d2d168|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607131342/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88d2d168|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Under Milk Wood (1964)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref name=murder>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/1b948b99-1c10-439e-921e-cad7be4ee4bb|title=Making trails for BBC TV - a director's story|date=November 17, 2017|website=BBC}}</ref><ref name=six>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e12935d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607131353/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e12935d|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)|website=BFI}}</ref>
'''''Festival''''' is an hour-long [[UK]] dramatic anthology series produced by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] and aired on the BBC from 1963–1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9844b7256|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607130555/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9844b7256|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Festival (TV series) (1963)|website=BFI}}</ref> There were a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from [[William Shakespeare]] to [[Samuel Beckett]].<ref name=comedy>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/810572188ea646809f21577fd2f519f8|title=Festival: The Comedy of Errors|date=January 1, 1964|issue=2094|pages=35|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eb22ded2f42043d0a2c17013d24118c7|title=Festival presenting: Krapp's Last Tape|date=November 13, 1963|issue=2087|pages=43|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=comedy/><ref name=lysistrata>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a04529af1854db29a5a3107c3c11381|title=Festival: Lysistrata|date=January 15, 1964|issue=2096|pages=41|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88d2d168|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607131342/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88d2d168|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Under Milk Wood (1964)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref name=murder>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/1b948b99-1c10-439e-921e-cad7be4ee4bb|title=Making trails for BBC TV - a director's story|date=November 17, 2017|website=BBC}}</ref><ref name=six>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e12935d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607131353/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e12935d|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2020|title=Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)|website=BFI}}</ref>


==Cast==
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Stars included [[Judi Dench]], [[Cyril Cusack]], [[Diane Cilento]], [[Diana Rigg]], [[Ian Richardson]], [[Lee Grant]], [[Milo O'Shea]] and [[Margaret Whiting (actress)|Margaret Whiting]].<ref name=murder/><ref name=lysistrata/><ref name=comedy/><ref name=six/>
*David Garfield as Organ Morgan, Dai, Alvin
*[[Cyril Cusack]] as Krapp, Thomas Becket, Father
*[[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]] as Laevsky, Robert Emmet, The Speaker
*[[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]] as Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, General
*[[Marie Kean]] as Dante, Flower Woman
*[[Ann Bell]] as Katonike, Good-Deeds
*June Tobin as Leader of Chorus, Molly Bloom
*[[Audrey Richards]] as Captain Cat, Russell
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as de Giray, Don Bernal de la Encina
*[[Eric Thompson]] as Borghejm, Prisoner
*[[Peter Sallis]] as Captain of the Fire Brigade, Romainville
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*Kate Binchy as Nun, Boeotian Girl<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/459867/|title=Festival (1963-1964)}}</ref>


===Guest stars===
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Guest stars include [[Peter Sallis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/459867/|title=Festival (1963-1964)}}</ref>
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included [[Judi Dench]], [[Diane Cilento]], [[Diana Rigg]], [[Ian Richardson]], [[Lee Grant]], [[Milo O'Shea]] and [[Margaret Whiting (actress)|Margaret Whiting]].<ref name=murder/><ref name=lysistrata/><ref name=comedy/><ref name=six/>


== References ==
== References ==
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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 1963–1964.[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

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Guest stars

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

References

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