tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post3608320921518135882..comments2021-06-28T14:55:06.229-07:00Comments on Rebel Alert: By Hook or By Crook - The Prisoner's roots in Henrik Ibsen and the tyranny of bloggingGorillamydreamzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-91843270958645766852009-11-17T06:13:24.681-08:002009-11-17T06:13:24.681-08:00Thanks Moor,
I had no idea about 'The Prisone...Thanks Moor,<br /><br />I had no idea about 'The Prisoner' TV play! How fascinating. I'm no Prisoner scholar but have long held the Ibsen parallels in my head. The new version was a chance to finally put them down in some cohesive form. <br /><br />Thanks also for the Markstein info as well. What I mostly got out of his interview and McGoohan's early seventies interview was an Gorillamydreamzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004614151140587409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437786665165147591.post-19816700499241021572009-11-17T02:55:07.785-08:002009-11-17T02:55:07.785-08:00McGoohan in 1963 played the part of 'Interroga...McGoohan in 1963 played the part of 'Interrogator' in a two-handed TV play called 'The Prisoner'. It was based on a film from the Fifties starring Alec Guinness. The prisoner had to be broken, but without violence. I daresay that had as much to do with his 1967 TV series as Brand did. <br /><br />In 1963 George Markstein was still working as a jobbing journalist for a small local Moor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.com