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==Availability==
==Availability==
The BBC wiped the master tape of the play in 1968 and no other copies are known to exist.<ref name="Book">[https://www.scribd.com/book/262970227/Nothing-to-Turn-Off-The-Films-and-Video-of-Bob-Dylan Farinaccio, Vince (2007). Nothing to Turn Off: The Films and Video of Bob Dylan. pp. 6–12.] Retrieved 28 Jan '18</ref>
The BBC wiped the master tape of the play in 1968, and no other copies are known to exist.<ref name="Book">[https://www.scribd.com/book/262970227/Nothing-to-Turn-Off-The-Films-and-Video-of-Bob-Dylan Farinaccio, Vince (2007). Nothing to Turn Off: The Films and Video of Bob Dylan. pp. 6–12.] Retrieved 28 Jan '18</ref>


Reel-to-reel recordings of four songs performed by Dylan, recorded by viewers of the program, were turned into the BBC in 2005 and remastered for partial use in the documentary ''Dylan in the Madhouse''.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/discoveredthe-long-lost-songs-of-bob-dylan-that-went-blowin-in-the-wind-307340.html Independent article on the recovery of the recordings.] Retrieved 28 Jan '18</ref> Two full tracks, "Ballad of the Gliding Swan" and "Blowin' in the Wind", were released on the bootleg album ''Bob Dylan & Friends - Decades Live'61 To '94''. The script is also known to still exist.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1490972/BBC-launches-global-search-for-Bob-Dylans-lost-acting-debut.html Telegraph article on the public appeal by the BBC.] Retrieved 18 Feb '18</ref>
Reel-to-reel recordings of four songs performed by Dylan, recorded by viewers of the program, were turned into the BBC in 2005 and remastered for partial use in the documentary ''Dylan in the Madhouse''.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/discoveredthe-long-lost-songs-of-bob-dylan-that-went-blowin-in-the-wind-307340.html Independent article on the recovery of the recordings.] Retrieved 28 Jan '18</ref> Two full tracks, "Ballad of the Gliding Swan" and "Blowin' in the Wind", were released on the bootleg album ''Bob Dylan & Friends - Decades Live'61 To '94''. The script reportedly survives, but is not available to read in any format.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1490972/BBC-launches-global-search-for-Bob-Dylans-lost-acting-debut.html Telegraph article on the public appeal by the BBC.] Retrieved 18 Feb '18</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 23:04, 10 February 2020

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Production still.

Status: Partially Found

Madhouse on Castle Street was a television play that was aired only once on January 13th, 1963, by BBC TV as a part of the BBC Sunday-Night Play series.

Premise

One of the lodgers of an English boarding house has locked himself in his room, leaving a note stating that he has decided to retire from the world. His sister and the boarders try to convince him to come out and explain himself.

Production

The play was written by Evan Jones. Then-unknown musician Bob Dylan was cast for the role of the main character after Saville saw him perform in New York City; however, Dylan lacked the ability to play the part. Saville, still wanting to include Dylan, gave him the role of a new character––Bobby–-who punctuated scenes with commentary in the form of song. The main character was rewritten into two new ones. The production staff planned to shoot the play in a single recording session, but this failed. The play's completion was delayed due to a blizzard.[1]

Availability

The BBC wiped the master tape of the play in 1968, and no other copies are known to exist.[1]

Reel-to-reel recordings of four songs performed by Dylan, recorded by viewers of the program, were turned into the BBC in 2005 and remastered for partial use in the documentary Dylan in the Madhouse.[2] Two full tracks, "Ballad of the Gliding Swan" and "Blowin' in the Wind", were released on the bootleg album Bob Dylan & Friends - Decades Live'61 To '94. The script reportedly survives, but is not available to read in any format.[3]

Gallery

The "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Ballad of the Gliding Swan" recordings.

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