Around the Beatles (1964)

Name: Around the Beatles
Director: Rita Gillepsie
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1964-05-06
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Millie Small

May 6, 196451mEN

Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Director

Rita Gillepsie