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PLAY OF THE MONTH: DANTON'S DEATH
(1978)
- Copyright date
- Not available
- Production start date
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- Production end date
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Production countries
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Not available
Library Synopsis
TV production of the play by George Büchner. 1794: Danton, sickened by the excesses of the guillotine which he helped to create, wants to call a halt, but Robespierre and Saint-Just spur on the "wild horses of Revolution".
Top five credits
- Director
- CLARKE, Alan
- Production Company
- BBC
- Producer
- JONES, David
- Adapted for television by
- GRIFFITHS, Stuart
- Adapted for television by
- CLARKE, Alan
Top five cast
- Danton
- RODWAY, Norman
- Robespierre
- RICHARDSON, Ian
- delegate from Lyons
- GORDON, Peter
- Julie
- FAHY, Katherine
- marchioness
- GIBSON, Felicity