Around the Beatles (1964)

Around the Beatles

1964

Documentary Music

Synopsis

The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around The Beatles". The studio setting is arranged as a theater in the round, (hence the show's name) echoing the seating arrangement of the Globe. The opening act is a humorous rendition of the "play within a play", Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Starr as Lion.

Credits

Director

Rita Gillepsie

Cast

George Harrison as Self

John Lennon as Self

Millie Small as Self

Paul McCartney as Self

Ringo Starr as Self

Crew

Jack Good (Producer)