Arena Theatre (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary

Arena

Theatre (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary

Premiere. Ronald Eyre reviews what's going on in the theatre, Kenneth Tynan talks to Laurence Olivier about Lilian Baylis and The Old Vic, and a film about David Hockney's sets for The Rake's Progress.

Directors

Colin Nears ("Hockney" film director) | Tony Tyley (studio director)

Producer

Julian Jebb (producer)

Editors

Pam Bosworth (film editor) | Paul Humfress (film editor)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 1, 1975

Release date

Oct 1, 1975 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 15 nominations

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Kenneth Tynan Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer See fewer	Macbeth (1971)
Ronald Eyre Self Self See fewer	Tom Grattan's War (1968)
David Hockney Self Self See fewer	Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Laurence Olivier Self Self See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
John Shrapnel Self Self See fewer	Troy (2004)
Leon Vitali Self Self See fewer	Barry Lyndon (1975)