Ring Round the Moon

Summary: 1957 Associated Television production for ITV of Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh.
Theatre play: Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'It explores the conflict between idealism and reality by setting a poor young innocent adrift in a sea of human sharks. To bring the play’s light exterior as a comedy of manners into balance with the underlying darkness of jealousy and false pride triumphing over emotional honesty, there’s a cleverly interjected play-within-a-play to reflect and heighten the impossibility of bridging the gap between the insularity of the idle rich through the centuries. The setting for The Rehearsal’s main action is a circa 1950s French Chateau.' Source: http://www.curtainup.com/rehears.html.
Production history: First translated into English by Christopher Fry in 1950.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 16 October 1957
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Director

Lionel Harris

Producer

Lionel Harris

Playwright

Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)

Adapted for Television by

William Redmond

Translator

Christopher Fry (1907-2005)

Designer

Richard Negri

Dances Arranged by

William Chappell

Cast

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