Cast of Play of the Month - Classic and Contemporary...

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina.

Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.

Full Cast of Play of the Month

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David Daker

Cpl. Hill (1 episode)

Peter Purves

Christopher Gable

Trofimov (1 episode)

Roland Culver

Serebriakov (1 episode)

Jill Bennett

Anna (1 episode)

Vladek Sheybal

Mr. Miller (1 episode)

Ram John Holder

Friday (1 episode)

Timothy Dalton

Clive Harrington (1 episode)

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Arthur Lowe

Sir Oliver Surface (1 episode)

Tessa Wyatt

Lisette (1 episode)

Anton Diffring

Adolf Eichmann (1 episode)

John Savident

Purishkevich (1 episode)

John Franklyn-Robbins

Colonel J.D.H. Stewart (1 episode)

Peter Copley

The Home Secretary (1 episode)

Jonathan Scott-Taylor

Ronnie Winslow (1 episode)

Don Henderson

Mercier (1 episode)

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Dinah Sheridan

Lady Adela (1 episode)

John Castle

Merton Densher (1 episode)

Thora Hird

Clare Soppitt (1 episode)

Jeremy Irons

Edward Voysey (1 episode)

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David Battley

Costar Pearmain (1 episode)

Julian Holloway

Sir Chichester Frayne (1 episode)

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Sybil Thorndike

Mrs Moore (1 episode)

Barry Morse

Rev. Winemiller (1 episode)

Barrie Ingham

Captain Horace Vale (1 episode)

Brian Glover

Patrick Stewart

Gurvich (1 episode)

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Donald Sutherland

Charles Givens (1 episode)

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Angela Pleasence

Julia (1 episode)

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Annette Crosbie

Frances Trebell (1 episode)

Annette Crosbie was born on February 12, 1934 and is currently 91 years old.

Georgina Hale

Masha (1 episode)

John Thaw

Banquo (1 episode)

Hilary Mason

Mrs. Elton (1 episode)

Joss Ackland

Chebutykin (1 episode)

David Troughton

Smiler Washington (1 episode)

David Troughton was born on June 9, 1950 and is currently 74 years old.

Judy Geeson

Lucy Honeychurch (1 episode)

Brenda Bruce

Lady Bountiful (1 episode)

Emrys James

Dr. Pangloss (1 episode)

Norman Rodway

Danton (1 episode)

Paul Raffield

Manservant (1 episode)

Burt Kwouk

Wu Hsien Ching (1 episode)

Elizabeth Spriggs

Maud Lowder (1 episode)

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Alan Badel

General Gordon (1 episode)

Lee Remick

Alma Winemiller (1 episode)

John Carson

Charles Winsor (1 episode)

Jane Asher

Melinda (1 episode)

Keith Chegwin

Stanley Baker

Robinson Crusoe (1 episode)

Freddie Jones

Vanya (1 episode)

Ray Brooks

Yasha (1 episode)

John Hollis

1st Prisoner (1 episode)

Bernard Lee

Sir Peter Teazle (1 episode)

David Kelly

Mr. Casey, Director of College (1 episode)

Esmond Knight

Helmut (1 episode)

Charlotte Rampling

Flaminia (1 episode)

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Warren Mitchell

Spas T. Raikin, Traveller's Aid Rep. (1 episode)

Judi Bowker

Betty Whitehouse (1 episode)

Pauline Collins

Lady Teazle (1 episode)

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Anton Rodgers

The Marquess of Quex (1 episode)

Philip Stone

Weinand (1 episode)

Kevin Stoney

Vengerovich (1 episode)

T. P. McKenna

Sir Lucius O'Trigger (1 episode) , Kommissarov (1 episode)

David Hedison

John Buchanan (1 episode)

Tom Chadbon

George Emerson (1 episode)

Tom Chadbon was born on February 27, 1946 and is currently 79 years old.

Jenny Agutter

Hedvig Ekdal (1 episode) , Anya (1 episode)

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Denholm Elliott

Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father (1 episode)

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Ian McKellen

Captain Plume (1 episode)

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Jennie Linden

Lydia Languish (1 episode)

Kevin McNally

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Ian Holm

Oedipus (1 episode) , Khrushchov (1 episode)

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Ian Richardson

Robespierre (1 episode)

Peter Jeffrey

Comte De Guiche (1 episode)

Patricia Routledge

Annie Parker (1 episode)

Paul Daneman

Henry Trebell (1 episode)

Rachel Thomas

Peasant's wife (1 episode)

Anthony Valentine

Charles Stanton (1 episode)

Michael Bates

Professor Godbole (1 episode)

Paul Maxwell

Lieut. John E. Donovan (1 episode)

John Woodvine

MacDuff (1 episode)

Peter Egan

Freddie (1 episode)

Zia Mohyeddin

Dr. Aziz (1 episode) , Bandi Grosz (1 episode)

Walter Sparrow

Man with basket (1 episode)

Victor Spinetti

Trivelin (1 episode)

Cyril Cusack

Waiter (1 episode) , Mr Fielding (1 episode)

Robin Askwith

Alec (1 episode)

Edward Woodward

Lopakhin (1 episode) , Caius Cassius (1 episode)

Michael Pennington

Alexei Turbin (1 episode)

Saeed Jaffrey

Mr. Hamidullah (1 episode)

Ronald Fraser

Serebryakov (1 episode)

Rex Harrison

Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster (1 episode) , Don Quixote (1 episode)

Colin Jeavons

Snake (1 episode)

Eileen Atkins

Electra (1 episode) , Catherine Sloper (1 episode)

Michael Hordern

God (1 episode) , Mr. Posket (1 episode)

John Woodnutt

John Stride

Morris Townsend (1 episode)

John Quarmby

Mereshchun (1 episode) , (1 episode)

John Gielgud

Captain Shotover (1 episode) , Lord Burleigh (1 episode)

Tony Bill

Lee Harvey Oswald (1 episode)

Hannah Gordon

The Duchess of Strood (1 episode) , Amy O'Connell (1 episode)

Brian Blessed

Sgt. Kite (1 episode)

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Patrick Magee

Tetzel (1 episode) , Fergus Crampton (1 episode)

Jerold Wells

Hans (1 episode)

Ronald Lacey

Barber (1 episode)

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Cyril Shaps

Herbin (1 episode) , Joel Brand (1 episode)

Jerome Willis

The Sea Captain (1 episode) , Le Bret (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Roger Delgado

Officer of the Holy Brotherhood (1 episode)

Vincent Price

Dr. Austin Sloper (1 episode)

James Aubrey

The Prince (1 episode)

James Hazeldine

Ronnie Barker

Henry Ormonroyd (1 episode)

Frank Finlay

Marcus Brutus (1 episode) , Voltaire (1 episode) , Sancho Panza (1 episode)

Shane Rimmer

Marine Sergeant (1 episode)

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Maurice Denham

Julius Caesar (1 episode)

Ian Ogilvy

Thomas Aimwell (1 episode) , Rev. Gavin Dishart (1 episode) , Candide (1 episode)

Tom Baker

Egyptian Doctor (1 episode)

George Merritt

Mr. Scruple (1 episode)

Alec McCowen

Martin Luther (1 episode)

Christopher Guard

Lucius (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Godfrey James

Taylor (1 episode) , M. Amellius Lepidus (1 episode)

David Jackson

Paul Whitsun-Jones

1st Innkeeper (1 episode)

Charles Kay

de Levis (1 episode) , Vladimir Talberg (1 episode)

Leonie Mellinger

Silvia (1 episode)

John Ringham

Major von Dust (1 episode)

Bernard Hepton

Lord Portmandeau (1 episode)

Alec Bregonzi

Poacher (1 episode)

Christopher Biggins

Lord of the court (1 episode)

Fulton Mackay

Eck (1 episode)

Paul Copley

Russell Hunter

Crabtree (1 episode)

Beryl Reid

Maria Helliwell (1 episode) , Mrs. Malaprop (1 episode)

Charles Gray

Adrian Blenderbland (1 episode) , Gayev (1 episode) , Mr. Beebe (1 episode)

Keith Barron

Dr. Quilliam (1 episode)

Tim Wylton

Blacksmith (1 episode)

Leonard Rossiter

Colonel Lukyn (1 episode) , The Prime Minister (1 episode)

Eric Porter

Councillor Albert Parker (1 episode) , Cyrano De Bergerac (1 episode) , Arthur Winslow (1 episode) , Macbeth (1 episode)

Tom Courtenay

Jesus (1 episode)

Ray Barrett

Knight (1 episode)

James Villiers

Alastair Fitzfassenden (1 episode) , Professor Henry Higgins (1 episode)

Michael Culver

Holborn (1 episode)

Peter Barkworth

Tsar Nicholas II (1 episode) , Julius Sagamore (1 episode)

Christopher Benjamin

Dr. Relling (1 episode) , A Cobbler (1 episode)

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Geoffrey Beevers

Telephonist (1 episode)

Alun Armstrong

Lightborne (1 episode)

Tony Haygarth

Edward Fox

Charles Surface (1 episode) , Captain Dancy, DSO (1 episode)

John Normington

Neil McCarthy

Osip, bandit (1 episode)

Virginia McKenna

Adela Quested (1 episode)

Robert Stephens

Grigory Rasputin (1 episode) , Mark Antony (1 episode)

Geoffrey Bayldon

Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson (1 episode) , Dyadin (1 episode) , Cajetan (1 episode)

Christopher Timothy

Cinna the Poet (1 episode) , Fedotik (1 episode)

John Abineri

Marullus (1 episode) , General von Schratt (1 episode)

Donald Pickering

Soliony (1 episode) , Julius Sagamore (1 episode)

Jeremy Brett

Lynn Redgrave

Eliza Doolittle (1 episode)

Kika Markham

Juliet (1 episode)

Margaret Leighton

Susan Hampshire

Hywel Bennett

Mr King (1 episode) , Romeo (1 episode)

Michael Gambon

Lt Cmdr Rogers (1 episode) , Gregory (1 episode)

Robert Powell

Nigel Hawthorne

Mr Sneer (1 episode)

Janet Suzman

Masha (1 episode)

Michele Dotrice

Irina (1 episode)

Michael Bryant

Vershinin (1 episode)

Sarah Badel

Natasha (1 episode)

Ronald Hines

Toozenbach (1 episode)

Richard Pearson

Koolyghin (1 episode)

Erik Chitty

Ferapont (1 episode)

Diana Rigg

Rita Allmers

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Anthony Hopkins

Astrov , Alfred Allmers , Edmund Kean , Andrey

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Helen Mirren

Orinthia , Babbie , Margery Pinchwife , Beatrice-Joanna

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Charles Dance

Borghejm

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Daphne Heard

Witch (1 episode)

Gordon Gostelow

Maxim (1 episode)

Robert Eddison

Prince Andronikov (1 episode)

Nicholas Pennell

Lieutenant Nicholl (1 episode)

Kate Nicholls

Dolly Clandon (1 episode)

Julie Covington

Beatrice Voysey (1 episode)

Lally Bowers

The Dowager Empress (1 episode) , Mrs. Lavinia Penniman (1 episode)

John Baskcomb

Telyeghin (1 episode)

Hilda Braid

Stacey Tendeter

Katya, maid (1 episode) , Maid (1 episode)

Andrew Robertson

Lackey (1 episode)

Matthew Roberton

Rodé (1 episode)

Marda Vanne

Anfisa (1 episode)

Lisa Carroll

Maid (1 episode)

Jenny Harrington