UpdatesPosted by Henderson Sat, September 08, 2018 10:02:16With Network's
BONKERS sale extended to 17 September, you have another chance to buy the Complete Power Game DVD set for £10. You can also get
Man of the World for 34.00 which includes the episode
The Mindreader starring Patrick Wymark and Juliet Mills.
You can also buy the
Armchair Theatre Archive disc for £4 which includes the 1963 play
The Invasion by Angus Wilson starring Patrick Wymark.
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Wed, September 05, 2018 22:34:23The Complete Power Game DVD Box set, comprising all three series, is currently on sale for £10 extended to 17 September in
Network's "Bonkers" sale.
The question was posed today: "Do I need to watch The Plane Makers" before I watch "The Power Game". Interesting question. My answer is "No, it's not imperative." The first episode of "The Power Game" has conversations which refer back to the final episode of "The Plane Makers". They give you enough information to get an idea of what happened in the past. You would probably get extra value from having seen "The Plane Makers" but it doesn't really hurt to have not seen them (When "The Power Game" DVD's were first released, "The Plane Makers" weren't available on DVD).
More importantly, "The Power Game" was written as a standalone series, taking the continuing characters into a totally new situation.
And if you do want to know what happened in "The Plane Makers" we have an episode guide
here.
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Tue, August 28, 2018 00:23:27Before Robert Bloch ever conceived of The Psychopath, Patrick Wymark and Margaret Johnston worked together at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (what would later become the Royal Shakespeare Company).
In 1956, Australian actress Margaret Johnston joined the company under Anthony Quayle. She won critical acclaim for her bespectacled, jokey Portia in
The Merchant of Venice opposite Emlyn Williams as Shylock. Patrick Gibbs of
The Daily Telegraph remarked on her "gay, girlish figure, with a personality all her own." Ivor Brown of
The Observer complimented her performance in the trial scene, "with a playful assumption of the learned legalist" keeping a smile beneath her spectacles.
Johnston earned praise as Desdemona opposite Harry Andrews'
Othello, for her "refreshingly independent air of femininity." She also won admirers in Anthony Quayle's final production for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. As Isabella in
Measure for Measure, Johnston was acclaimed for the captivating sincerity of her playing opposite Emlyn Williams as Antonio and Anthony Nicholls as the Duke.
Patrick Wymark also appeared in
Measure for Measure once again playing the comic role - this time as Pompey, the pimp who is arrested and imprisoned but is offered his freedom if he will help the overworked Executioner.
Ironically, the themes of
Measure for Measure are similar to those of
The Psychopath - deception, disguise, injustice and abuse of power, although Wymark and Johnston would play very different roles in the movie.
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Sat, August 18, 2018 17:04:471 May 1969 - the Broadway premiere of Hamlet, starring Nicol Williamson with Patrick Wymark as Claudius and Constance Cummings as Gertrude.
Tony Richardson's production at the Roundhouse in Camden had earned much praise, with Williamson winning an Evening Standard award. Read more about the American transfer at
http://wymark.org.uk/hamlet.html
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Sat, August 11, 2018 13:23:03In
The Switch (26 January 1966) Sir John Wilder decides that Bligh Construction will buy one of its suppliers. Owner Joe Panton (Alfred Burke) is not impressed
You can read more at
http://www.wymark.org.uk/power7.htmland read more about Alfred Burke as Frank Marker at
http://www.dobermann.wymark.org.uk/#post59
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Tue, July 03, 2018 20:38:05Derby, June 30 2018. A second convention celebrating the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson TV series
UFO was held at the Quad. This time there was the bonus of an ultra-rare screening of the original release print of the Patrick Wymark movie
Doppelganger.
Read our full report at
http://wymark.org.uk/shado2.html
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Sun, June 24, 2018 08:45:08There was no new series of
The Power Game in 1968, but on January 15 1968, ATV did broadcast
The Curtis Affair a one-off play by Wilfred Greatorex.
While there are no characters from
The Power Game in this play, it does pick up some themes from the previous series ( businessman Andrew Keir is accused of making excess profit on a Government contract). The play also starred Michael Jayston as ambitious MP Gerry Hackett - a year before he would join
The Power Game as Lincoln Dowling.
UpdatesPosted by Henderson Sun, June 17, 2018 16:57:42In which we look at
The Power Game Board Game 
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