Around the Beatles (1964)
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.
- Date of release
- 1964-05-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Director
- Rita Gillepsie
Casting
- Paul McCartney — Self
- John Lennon — Self
- George Harrison — Self
- Ringo Starr — Self
- Millie Small — Self
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