Bedroom Farce

Summary: 1980 Granada Television presentation for ITV of the National Theatre production of Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn. The TV Times announces this as the ‘First of three television versions of plays from the National Theatre on London’s South Bank’ (25 September 1980, p. 47).
Theatre play: Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The play features three bedrooms on a composite set with one highly strung couple wreaking havoc in the bedrooms of three other couples.' (http://bedroomfarce.alanayckbourn.net). ‘The play takes place in three bedrooms during one night and the following morning. The cast consists of four married couples. At the beginning of the play, the oldest couple, Delia and Ernest, are getting ready to go out for a meal to celebrate their wedding anniversary; Malcolm and Kate, the youngest, are about to host a housewarming party, to which the other two couples, Jan and Nick and Susannah and Trevor (the only ones whose bedroom is not seen), have been invited.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedroom_Farce_%28play%29.
Production history: Stage premiere: 16 June 1975, Scarborough. London premiere: 29 March 1977, National Theatre.
Date of transmission: Sunday 28 September 1980
Time: 10.00-12.00pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)
Theatre company: National Theatre, London

Director

Christopher Morahan

Producer

Pieter Rogers

Playwright

Alan Ayckbourn

Composer

Harrison Birtwistle (1934-) ('title music’)

Design Operatives Supervisor

Vic Symonds

Executive Producer

Michael Cox

Cast

Title: Bedroom Farce: Adaptations in Other Media (Website)
Reference: http://bedroomfarce.alanayckbourn.net/styled-9/page17.html (accessed 8 July 2014)

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