Drama (ITV): World Theatre
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyThames
started25th Sep
1968
ended23rd Oct
1968
last rpt30th Oct
1968
1 school year
episodes5
duration25 mins
age rangeAge 13-16
languageenIn English
World Theatre is a unit of the ITV schools TV series Drama (ITV) from the 1960s, covering Drama for secondary school pupils.
- adaptations of five different plays from five different countries and five different eras: The Cave of Salamanca by Cervantes, The Intruder by Maurice Maeterlink, three kyogen - farcical musical interludes from Japan, The Bear by Anton Chekhov, and The Tinker's Wedding by J.M. Synge
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