The Tempest (1960 TV) Maurice Evans + Richard Burton 1/8

sure, this production suffers from many cuts and "simplification" of Shakespeare's language--but some fine performances!

Maurice Evans (3 June 1901 12 March 1989) was an English actor acclaimed for his Shakespearean performances in the 1930s and 40s, most especially some famous productions on Broadway, and his pioneering television Shakespeare productions in the 1950s.

But he is even better known (in America) as Samantha's father on the sitcom "Bewitched" and as the Puzzler on "Batman".

Maurice Evans ... Prospero
Lee Remick ... Miranda
Roddy McDowall ... Ariel
Liam Redmond ... Gonzalo

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tempest
• Shakespeare
• Maurice-Evans
• Lee-Remick
• Roddy-McDowall
• play
• Theatre

[CarpoolKathleen]

Production design looks really cool.

[usakli20]

thank you for your uploading thanks a lot

[VAKRangerwieldVAK]

Nice... I searched for this beacuse we play The Tempest in the school in Norway.

[LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

I can't watch this without thinking "PLANET OF THE APES"!!!

[MissShanzanara3]

This is fantastic, thanks a lot, helped me a lot with my English work at school :)

[spiritlevel8]

Those synthesizers are surely quite advanced for 1960?

[1480mathias]

This is so 80's to me...I cannot believe it's from 1960 ! I mean really, from production design to image quality, this screams 80's kitsch !!!

[TheKittycat199]

I need to do this seen in a play.

[fleurdelis19]

Ariel looks like the Snow Miser from "The Year Without Santa Claus."

[WillShakespeare2007]

Thank you for posting this - I have never come across this before and spent my life working in Shakespeare. There is a little of the Tempest I directed on my channel, if anyone is interested in seeing it.

[bduhe219]

maurice evans was considered one of THE best shakesperian actors EVER. this may not be his best performance but he was and is in my opionion the standard to strive.

[jamuzzall1]

Thank you for posting this and so many more! I am currently teaching an elementary class of grades 4-5-6 The Tempest. We'll watch this together and hopefully, they will be inspired! Their performance is a class project scheduled for late June.....!