Learning on ScreenThe Man of Destiny
- Summary
- 1939 BBC studio production of Bernard Shaw’s ‘trifle’ about Napoleon, The Man of Destiny.
- Theatre play
- The Man of Destiny by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 20 July 1939
- Time
- 9.55-10.35pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Desmond Davis
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Cast
Frank Birch Giuseppe Joyce Kennedy The strange lady Henry Oscar (1891-1969) Napoleon Brian Oulton Lieutenant
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.15pm on Friday 28 July 1939.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 18th-century setting; 19th-century setting; Edwardian drama; France, as theme or setting; historical drama; Italy, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Bernard Shaw and the BBC (Book)
- Author/creator
- L. W. Connolly (Author)
- Reference
- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008
- Linking notes
- pp. 96-97
- Title
- Radio Times, 14 July 1939 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 17
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