Adventure Story (1961 TV play)

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Adventure Story
GenreHistorical Drama
Created byTerence Rattigan
StarringSean Connery
William Russell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerProduced by Rudolph Cartier Production Design by Clifford Hatts
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release12 June 1961 (1961-06-12)

Adventure Story is a British television drama, written by noted playwright Terence Rattigan, and tells the story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of Persia. It stars Sean Connery in his first starring role[1] and was praised at the time for its acting.[2]

Cast

  • Sean Connery - Alexander the Great
  • William Russell - Hephaestion
  • Lyndon Brook - Philotas
  • William Devlin - Parmenion, Philotas' Father
  • Alex Scott - Ptolemy
  • Edward Cast - Perdiccas
  • Michael Brennan - Father Cleitus
  • Noel Hood - The Pythia, Priestess of Apollo
  • Walter Brown - Polystratos
  • Paul Stassino - King Darius
  • Margaretta Scott - Queen Mother
  • Ann Dimitri - Queen Statira
  • Pauline Knight - Princess Statira
  • Alan Tilvern - Prince Bessus, Satrap of Bactria
  • Bandana Das Gupta - Roxana
  • Tutte Lemkow - Mazeres, The King's Chamberlain
  • Walter Randall - Palace Official
  • Simon Levy - Persian Officer


References

  1. ^ Sean Connery: The measure of a man by Christopher Bray, Faber and Faber (2010), p.65
  2. ^ Study of Alexander the Great, The Times, 13 June 1961

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