Film

Around the Beatles

1964 · 51m · Documentary · Music

IMDb

8.2

The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around The Beatles". The studio setting is arranged as a theater in the round, (hence the show's name) echoing the seating arrangement of the Globe. The opening act is a humorous rendition of the "play within a play", Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Starr as Lion.

Paul McCartney

Self

John Lennon

Self

George Harrison

Self

Ringo Starr

Self

Millie Small

Self

• Rita GillepsieDirector
• Jack GoodProducer

Release date

May 6, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

51m

Rated

G

Genres

Documentary, Music