Artemis 81
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Artemis 81 is a British television play which was written by David Rudkin and directed by Alastair Reid.[1] Commissioned by BBC producer David Rose, it was broadcast by the BBC on 29 December 1981.
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Plot summary[edit]
Occult novelist Gideon Harlax (Hywel Bennett) is drawn into an epic battle between Helith (Sting), the Angel of Light and Asrael (Roland Curram), the Angel of Death.
Original cast[edit]
Hywel Bennett, Dinah Stabb, Dan O'Herlihy, Ian Redford, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sting and Roland Curram.[2]
DVD release[edit]
Artemis 81 was released on DVD in 2007.[3] It was incorrectly issued as Artemis '81. The 81 is the number of a star, not a date.[4]
Further reading[edit]
- David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience: an expository study of his drama 1959-96 by David Ian Rabey, Oxford, Routledge, 1998 ISBN 90-5702-126-9
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ansorge, Peter (9 September 2011). "Aleister Reid obituary". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ Artemis 81 at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Artemis-81-DVD-Hywel-Bennett/dp/B000R343IK
- ^ http://www.davidrudkin.com/html/tv/artemis.html