Donald Wilson passed away in 2002.
In 1967 he dramatized The Forsyte Saga for British television. The series which featured 120 characters was watched by over 18 million viewers. The Forsyte Saga was shown on American television in 1969. By 1977, 160 million viewers around the world would have seen the 26-hour TV series.
The Forsyte Saga was based on John Galsworthy's 1922 book of the same name. The book comprised of his 3 novels, The Man Of Property (published in 1906); In Chancery (1920); To Let (1921) and 2 short stories, Indian Summer Of A Forsyte (1918) and Awakening (1920). In all the book featured more than 1000 pages and 500,000 words. It was noted 4 extra stories were later added to the volume.
John Galsworthy was born on Wednesday, August 14, 1867 and until his death in 1933, he along with H.G Wells were the 2 most popular British writers with readers.
Set between 1879 and 1926, The Forsyte Saga took a historical look at one upper-middle-class English family.
It was noted Rudolph Valentino died in 1926.
Sita Williams produced the series Forsyte in 2002. Of The Forsyte Saga popularity, Sita believed, "I think it’s about the things that absolutely preoccupy and obsess us – sex, love, property, money. It’s the quintessential story about those things."
Of the 2002 series, Sita pointed out, "One has to do things at a different pace in the 21st century."
On the subject of Rudolph Valentino, singer Rudy Vallee voiced in 1981, "I don’t think any performer in the world, including Sinatra, (Bing) Crosby or Travolta, had the remarkable charisma that Valentino had."
With reference to The Forsyte Saga, Donald Wilson confessed in 1971, "I had first read it when I was 12 years old."
Of the 1967 production he recounted, "Our first thought was to do 13 weeks....But we decided to do it all in one....We didn’t want to open in the summer. We decided we must start showing the saga in January and run it for 6 months."
"I decided to start 10 years before the books began," Donald disclosed. "I said I would do one show a fortnight – 10 days rehearsal, 2 days in the studio and 2 days off for the actors. This meant we had to start filming not later than June 1966."
He also made known, "We finished the last episode only 10 days before it went out on the air."
BBC had described The Forsyte Saga series as "a great story...which has captured the spirit of Galsworthy’s England."
In 1967 he dramatized The Forsyte Saga for British television. The series which featured 120 characters was watched by over 18 million viewers. The Forsyte Saga was shown on American television in 1969. By 1977, 160 million viewers around the world would have seen the 26-hour TV series.
The Forsyte Saga was based on John Galsworthy's 1922 book of the same name. The book comprised of his 3 novels, The Man Of Property (published in 1906); In Chancery (1920); To Let (1921) and 2 short stories, Indian Summer Of A Forsyte (1918) and Awakening (1920). In all the book featured more than 1000 pages and 500,000 words. It was noted 4 extra stories were later added to the volume.
John Galsworthy was born on Wednesday, August 14, 1867 and until his death in 1933, he along with H.G Wells were the 2 most popular British writers with readers.
Set between 1879 and 1926, The Forsyte Saga took a historical look at one upper-middle-class English family.
It was noted Rudolph Valentino died in 1926.
Sita Williams produced the series Forsyte in 2002. Of The Forsyte Saga popularity, Sita believed, "I think it’s about the things that absolutely preoccupy and obsess us – sex, love, property, money. It’s the quintessential story about those things."
Of the 2002 series, Sita pointed out, "One has to do things at a different pace in the 21st century."
On the subject of Rudolph Valentino, singer Rudy Vallee voiced in 1981, "I don’t think any performer in the world, including Sinatra, (Bing) Crosby or Travolta, had the remarkable charisma that Valentino had."
With reference to The Forsyte Saga, Donald Wilson confessed in 1971, "I had first read it when I was 12 years old."
Of the 1967 production he recounted, "Our first thought was to do 13 weeks....But we decided to do it all in one....We didn’t want to open in the summer. We decided we must start showing the saga in January and run it for 6 months."
"I decided to start 10 years before the books began," Donald disclosed. "I said I would do one show a fortnight – 10 days rehearsal, 2 days in the studio and 2 days off for the actors. This meant we had to start filming not later than June 1966."
He also made known, "We finished the last episode only 10 days before it went out on the air."
BBC had described The Forsyte Saga series as "a great story...which has captured the spirit of Galsworthy’s England."
