Shakespeare in Performance: Film
As You Like It (1946, Robert Atkins)
| Title | As You Like It |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Release Locations | GB
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| Director | Robert Atkins |
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| Medium | Video |
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| Length | 1 hrs, 50 mins |
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| Play Connections | As You Like It (recording)
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Description
The talents of father and son made this early post-WWII Shakespeare performance possible. Robert Atkins was the director of the Bankside Players, a Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Company, which provided the actors. Ian Atkins, his son, was a trained cameraman, who could bridge the gap between stage and screen. As the first Shakespeare program to be broadcast after the suspension of television transmission during World War II, this production also deserves a special niche in the history of screened Shakespeare. Shakespeare had not been seen on British television since the 22 Apr. 1939 transmission of Katherine and Petruchio, a spinoff from Shrew. One wonders what became of all these bright young actors who participated in this historic occasion. Their names are today something less than well known, at least in North America. In 1946 of course the BBC lacked a feasible technology for preserving the program
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Production Team and Crew Overview
Company Overview
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell