Two Dozen Red Roses

Summary: 1949 BBC live broadcast from The Intimate Theatre, Palmer’s Green of Kenneth Horne’s English adaptation of Aldo de Benedetti’s comedy.
Theatre play: Two Dozen Red Roses [Due dozzine di rose scarlatte] by Aldo de Benedetti (1892-1970) [more information]
Play synopsis: Italian comedy which tells the story of a wife who feels negelcted by her husband and who invents a relationship with a non-existent suitor in an attempt to win back his love.
Production history: Robin Healey’s Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation (Toronto, 1998), p. 50 notes that there was an Italian production in 1936 and a film version in 1940. Kenneth Horne’s English adaptation was published by English Theatre Guild in 1950.
Date of transmission: Monday 15 August 1949
Time: 7.15-9.15pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: [choose none of these]

Presented for Television by

Peter Dimmock

Theatre Producer

J. Grant Anderson

Adapted for the Stage by

Kenneth Horne (1900-1975)

Playwright

Aldo de Benedetti (1892-1970)

Cast

Title: Live from the Intimate Theatre, 1946-1949, part 3 (Blog article)
Author/creator: John Wyver (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/live-from-the-intimate-theatre-1946-1949-part-3, published 26 February 2012

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