Adventure Story (1961 TV play)

Adventure Story is a British television play, based on the stage play by Terence Rattigan, and tells the story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of Persia.[1] It featured Sean Connery in his first starring role[2] and was praised at the time for its acting.[3]

Adventure Story
GenreHistorical Drama
Created byTerence Rattigan
StarringSean Connery
William Russell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Produced by Rudolph Cartier Production Design by Clifford Hatts
Running time111 min.
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release12 June 1961 (1961-06-12)

Cast

Critical reception

A contemporary critic in The Times wrote of Connery's performance, "certain inflexions and swift deliberations of gesture at times made one feel that the part had found the young Olivier it needs," and wrote that Rudolph Cartier's production, "had the freedom of spaciousness to which this producer has accustomed us, and all the acting was on a big scale, to match Mr Clifford Hatch's settings."[1] and more recently, reviewing it on DVD, Screenplaystv wrote, "the first half and more of the drama plays like a slightly ludicrous historical pageant, and only towards the end does it begin to explore something more ambitious and ambivalent...Sean Connery is most definitely the reason to watch it now,...there is a lavish quality to the staging (which even stretches to three real horses at one point), and the sumptuous costumes are shown to advantage in the fine print on the DVD."[1]

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References
  1. "Rattigan on DVD: Sunday Night Theatre: Adventure Story (BBC, 1961)". 28 October 2011.
  2. Sean Connery: The measure of a man by Christopher Bray, Faber and Faber (2010), p.65
  3. Study of Alexander the Great, The Times, 13 June 1961
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