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The Saturday Alternative ( title)Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Original title)Pericles (Alternative title)
Date: 11 June 1984 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: David Jones

Synopsis: Adaptation of the play by Shakespeare

Genre:
Historical drama

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 11 June 1984Broadcast company: WNET/ThirteenCountry: USATransmission time: 20:00-23:00Slot duration: 180 minsLanguage: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 08 December 1984Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:30-23:10Slot duration: 160 minsNetwork

Credits (12)
Production Company: Time-Life Television, Production Company: BBC, Producer: Shaun Sutton, Script Editor: David Snodin, Author of the Original Work: William Shakespeare, Lighting: Sam Barclay, Designer: Don Taylor, Costume Designer: Colin Lavers, Make-up: Dawn Alcock, Music: Martin Best, Choreography: Geraldine Stephenson
Cast (33)
Juliet Stevenson (Thaisa), Edward Petherbridge (Gower), Amanda Redman (Marina), Mike Gwilym (Pericles), Trevor Peacock (Boult), Patrick Allen (Simonides), Annette Crosbie (Dionyza), John Woodvine (Antiochus), Edita Brychta (daughter to Antiochus), Robert Ashby (Thaliard), Patrick Godfrey (Helicanus), Toby Salaman (Escanes/Pandar), Norman Rodway (Cleon), Valerie Lush (Lychorida), Clive Swift (Cerimon), Nicholas Brimble (Leonine), Lila Kaye (Bawd), Patrick Ryecart (Lysimachus), Elayne Sharling (Goddess Diana), Gordon Gostelow (first fisherman), John Bardon (second fisherman), Richard Derrington (third fisherman), Edward Clayton, Adam Kurakin, Christopher Ravenscroft, Roger Bizley, Christopher Saul, Peter Gordon, Stephen Oxley (.), Rodney James, Jinty Coventry, Christine Moppett, Mandy Demetriou (dancer)