Invitation to a Voyage

Summary: 1957 Associated Television production for ITV of Invitation to a Voyage by Jean-Jacques Bernard.
Theatre play: Invitation to a Voyage [L’Invitation au voyage] by Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888-1972) [more information]
Play synopsis: This play is about ‘the kind of vague, quasi-mystical longing to be somewhere else, with someone else, escaping from the humdrum of one’s everyday life. [...] The setting is the Vosges section of eastern France, in particular a mountainous, forested area near the town of Épinal. The pine forests are of crucial import to Marie-Louise, the play’s main character, because they surround her home and represent the imprisonment she feels in her life. Marie-Louise has been married to Olivier for several years. The couple has a young son. By all appearances, Marie-Louise and Olivier are happily married. However, in actuality, Marie-Louise hides a chronic but not explicitly articulated malaise. She feels trapped in a life that is, while peaceful and contented, confining and boring.' Source: http://www.enotes.com/topics/jean-jacques-bernard/critical-essays.
Production history: Published in Paris in 1924.
Date of transmission: Friday 20 December 1957
Time: 9.00-10.00pm
Series: Television Playhouse
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)