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The Tempest (Original title)
Date: 27 February 1980 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: John Gorrie

Synopsis: Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Subject:
Tempest, The (play)

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 27 February 1980Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:30-22:35Runtime: 124 mins 30 secs - Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (12)
Production Company: BBC, Production Company: Time-Life Films, Producer: Cedric Messina, Script Editor: Alan Shallcross, Author of the Original Work: William Shakespeare, Lighting: Clive Thomas, Designer: Paul Joel, Costumes: Alun Hughes, Make-up: Christine Beveridge, Music composed by: Joseph Horovitz, Choreography: Geoffrey Cauley
Cast (30)
Michael Hordern (Prospero), Derek Godfrey (Antonio), Warren Clarke (Caliban), David Waller (Alonso), David Dixon (Ariel), Pippa Guard (Miranda), Christopher Guard (Ferdinand), Andrew Sachs (Trinculo), Nigel Hawthorne (Stephano), John Nettleton (Gonzalo), Alan Rowe (Sebastian), Kenneth Gilbert (boatswain), Edwin Brown (master), Paul Greenhalgh (Francisco), Christopher Bramwell (Adrian), Gwyneth Lloyd (Juno), Elizabeth Gardner (Ceres), Judith Rees (Iris), John Alasdair, Pierre Althoff, Terry John Bates, Roland Brine, George Fetcher, David Hepburn, Rodney James, Bernard Jamieson, Arthur Sweet, Marion Betzold, Kate Castle, Leonie Palette (spirit or shape)