Village Wooing

Summary

1979 Yorkshire Television production for ITV of Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw.

Theatre play

Village Wooing by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy in which an Oxford-educated writer gets married to a village shop-girl. The first scene takes place aboard a liner, the second in a village shop.

Production history

Written in 1933 and premiered in 1934.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 17 April 1979

Time

9.10-10.10pm

Series

ITV Playhouse

Channel

ITV

Production company

Yorkshire Television (1968-)

Credits

Director

David Cunliffe

Playwright

[George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Cast

Richard Briers
Judi Dench

Additional details

Play tags

class issues / differences; comedy; poetry and literature, as theme

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 12 April 1979 (Magazine)

Linking notes

photograph and listing, p. 33