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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. |
'''''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|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|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|title=Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)|website=BFI}}</ref> |
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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/> |
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/> |
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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]
Stars included Judi Dench, Cyril Cusack, Diane Cilento, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson, Lee Grant, Milo O'Shea and Margaret Whiting.[6][4][2][7]
References
- ^ "Festival (TV series) (1963)". BFI.
- ^ a b c "Festival: The Comedy of Errors". January 1, 1964. p. 35 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Festival presenting: Krapp's Last Tape". November 13, 1963. p. 43 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ a b "Festival: Lysistrata". January 15, 1964. p. 41 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Under Milk Wood (1964)". BFI.
- ^ a b "Making trails for BBC TV - a director's story". BBC. November 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)". BFI.
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