Gaslight Theatre (TV series) explained
Gaslight Theatre (TV series) is a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1965. It consisted of six 19th century melodramas presented in the spirit of the Victorian theatre. Among its guest stars were Ronnie Barker, Joss Ackland, and Patricia Routledge.[1] [2]
Episodes
- Maria Marten; or, The Murder in the Old Red Barn - adapted by and starring Alec Clunes; with Eira Heath in the title role.[3]
- Sweeney Todd; or The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Dibdin Pitt, first staged in 1847. Adapted by Alec Clunes and starring Alfred Marks as the murderous barber.[4]
- Britons to the Rescue; or, English Virtue Preserved in South America - a TV adaptation by Alec Clunes, of Paul Meritt and Henry Pettitt’s British Born, a patriotic melodrama first staged in 1873. Starring Alfred Marks, Ronnie Barker and Patricia Routledge.[5]
- The Blood-Craz’d Scourge of the Redskin Wilderness; or, What You Will - an adaptation of the 19th-century American revenge melodrama Nick of the Woods; or, the Jibbenainosay by Louisa H. Medina. Starring Ronnie Barker and Joss Ackland.[6]
- The Drunkard
- or, The Sins of the Parents Shall be Visited . . . An adaptation of the 19th-century American melodrama The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved by W. H. Smith. Starring Ronnie Barker and Warren Mitchell.[7]
All episodes were directed by Bryan Sears.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: 'An outside broadcast from the last century': the Gaslight Theatre melodramas (BBC, 1965). 1 July 2014.
- Web site: The Worst Woman in London · British Universities Film & Video Council. bufvc.ac.uk.
- Web site: Maria Marten Or, The Murder in the Old Red Barn (1965). https://web.archive.org/web/20180616160617/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b71d42c14. dead. 16 June 2018.
- Web site: Gaslight Theatre: Sweeney Todd or The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - BBC Two England - 7 August 1965 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 7 August 1965 .
- Web site: Britons to the Rescue Or, English Virtue Preserved in South America (1965). https://web.archive.org/web/20180617044320/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b35d6c3. dead. 17 June 2018.
- Web site: The Blood-craz'd Scourge of the Redskin Wilderness Or, What You Will (1965). https://web.archive.org/web/20180617022240/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b35d986. dead. 17 June 2018.
- Web site: The Drunkard Or, The Sins of the Parents Shall Be Visited... (1965). https://web.archive.org/web/20180617044348/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b35dc8e. dead. 17 June 2018.
- Web site: The Worst Woman in London (1965). https://web.archive.org/web/20180617023755/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b35df9e. dead. 17 June 2018.
- Web site: Bryan Sears. https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015515/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac6cfb57. dead. 17 June 2018.