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Title: OPENING OF GLASGOW DRAMA COLLEGE TV STUDIO

Reference number: 2876

Date: 1962

Director: d. Christopher Bryant

Production company: BBC

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 28.12 mins

Description: Filmed to mark the opening of the Glasgow Drama College TV Studio, 5th August 1962, the first TV recording studio of its kind in a College in Britain. The subject is a scene from James Bridie's play "The Anatomist" performed by students of the college.

Credits: [intro. by Hannah Gordon]
design Douglas Duncan
cast Ian Fraser
cast Joseph Dunlop
cast Ginni Barlow
cast Isobil Nisbet
cast Stuart Henry
cast Alex Monteath
cast Seán Cotter
cast Gordon Reid
Kay Gallie
Thomas Forsyth
p. Colin Chandler

Shotlist: Dr. Havergaal, Principal of the College of Dramatic Art gives welcome and pays tribute to Mr Colin Chandler, the Director of the College (1.20) talking head [Hannah Gordon] introducing a scene from James Bridie's play "The Anatomist" by students of the college (2.03) [blank] (2.15) The Anatomist by James Bridie Edinburgh 1828 scene from the play in a public house; Walter Anderson drinks with Mary Paterson and Janet (12.37) Burke and Hare enter and bargain with Mr Paterson (17.12) Raby arrives to retrieve Dr Anderson (22.45) Janet leaves; Burke and Hare take Mary away (25.39) credits (26.00) [blank] (26.15) talking head of woman thanking audience for attending and inviting them to visit the college studio (27.03)