All the World's a Stage The Master Builders (Season 1, Episode 10)
TV Episode | Drama

All the World's a Stage

The Master Builders (Season 1, Episode 10)

TV Episode | Drama

A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

Directors

Misha Williams | Christopher Morahan

Writers

Ronald Harwood (written by) | Henrik Ibsen (plays: 'Peer Gynt'; 'A Doll's House'; 'Hedda Gabler'; 'The Master Builder') | George Bernard Shaw (play: 'Man & Superman') | August Strindberg (play 'Miss Julie') | Frank Wedekind (plays: 'The Lulu Plays')

Producer

Harry Hastings

Cinematographers

Peter Hall | Colin Waldeck

Editor

Susan Spivey

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 1, 1984

Release date

Apr 1, 1984 (United Kingdom)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
25 cast members

Name	Known for
Ronald Harwood Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Pianist (2002)
Michael Meyer Self - Translator Self - Translator See fewer	Lonely Hearts (1982)
John Graham Quotations Speaker Quotations Speaker See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Carl Forgione Quotations Speaker / Extracts from The Lulu Plays Quotations Speaker / Extracts from The Lulu Plays See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Pauline Bushnell Quotations Speaker Quotations Speaker See fewer	All the World's a Stage (1984)
Wendy Hiller Extracts from Peer Gynt Extracts from Peer Gynt See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Antony Sher Extracts from Peer Gynt (as Anthony Sher) Extracts from Peer Gynt (as Anthony Sher) See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Ann Payot Extracts from A Doll's House Extracts from A Doll's House See fewer	Fanny by Gaslight (1981)
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Charles Gray Extracts from Hedda Gabler Extracts from Hedda Gabler See fewer	Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Diana Quick Extracts from Hedda Gabler Extracts from Hedda Gabler See fewer	The Duellists (1977)
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Colin Blakely Extracts from The Master Builder Extracts from The Master Builder See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
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Daniel Massey Excerpt from Man & Superman Excerpt from Man & Superman See fewer	Star! (1968)
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Terence McGinity Hamlet / Extracts from The Lulu Plays Hamlet / Extracts from The Lulu Plays See fewer	Thin Air (1988)
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Allison Dean Extracts from The Lulu Plays Extracts from The Lulu Plays See fewer	Almost Married (2014)
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Stuart Organ Extracts from The Lulu Plays Extracts from The Lulu Plays See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
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