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. It was one of the last TV performances from Anthony Steel. [2]
Plot summary
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.
Selected cast
- Hywel Bennett - Gideon Harlax
- Dinah Stabb - Gwen Meredith
- Dan O'Herlihy - Albrecht Von Drachenfels
- Sting - Helith
- Roland Curram - Asrael
- Anthony Steel - Tristram Guise
- Margaret Whiting - Laura Guise
- Ian Redford - Jed Thaxter
- Mary Ellen Ray - Sonia
- Cornelius Garrett - Pastor
- Ingrid Pitt - Hitchcock Blonde
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Library Student
- Sylvia Coleridge - Library Scholar
DVD release
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
- 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
References
- ^ Ansorge, Peter (9 September 2011). "Aleister Reid obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
- ^ "Artemis '81". Amazon UK. 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Welcome to DavidRudkin.com - Artemis 81". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
