Poor Bitos

Summary

1965 BBC production of Poor Bitos by Jean Anouilh.

Theatre play

Poor Bitos [Pauvre Bitos, ou Le Dîner de têtes] by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) [more information]

Play synopsis

Guests at a party dress up as French Revolution figures in order to humiliate a local prosecutor who comes dressed as Robespierre.

Production history

Produced at the Théâtre Montparnasse-Gaston Baty, Paris, on 12 October 1956.

Date of transmission

Sunday 7 February 1965

Time

7.25-8.10pm

Series

Theatre 625

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Donald McWhinnie

Producer

Cedric Messina

Playwright

Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)

Translator

Lucienne Hill

Designer

Robert Macgowan

Cast

Patrick Allen	Julien, who plays Danton
Kevin Bennett	Robespierre as a Child
Tony Calvin	Delanoue
Geoffrey Chater	Vulturne, who plays Mirabeau
Anne Cunningham	Amanda, who plays Mme Tallien
Noel Davis	Philippe, who plays Jesuit Master
Philip Grout	Joseph
Penelope Horner	Lila
Gemma Jones	Victoire, who plays Lucille Desmoulins
Rolf Lefebvre	Charles
John Neville	Maxime, who plays Saint-Just
Nicholas Pennell	Deschamps, who plays Camille Desmoulins
James Villiers	Brassac, who plays Tallien
Peter Woodthorpe	Bitos, who plays Robespierre

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; French drama

Audiovisual sources

Title

Poor Bitos (BBC, 1965) [clip only exists]

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 4 February 1965 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; article with photograph, p. 12; listing with photograph, p. 15