French without Tears

Summary

1949 BBC live studio production of Terence Rattigan’s comedy French without Tears, based on the stage production by Robert Flemyng.

Theatre play

French without Tears by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy set in a ski resort in the south of France where some young undergraduate men try to master the French language despite the distractions provided by the young Diana who sets out to seduce each of them.

Production history

Premiered in 1936 at the Criterion Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 8 November 1949

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Presented for Television by

John Glyn-Jones

Television Production by

Robert Flemyng

Playwright

Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)

Cast

Basil Appleby	Brian Curtis
Michael Cleveland	Lord Heybrook
Robert Flemyng	Hom. Alan Howard
Moira Lister	Diana Lake
Bernard Merefield	Monsieur Maingot
Patricia Metcalfe	Marianne
Clive Morton	Lt-Cmdr Rogers
Anthony Oliver	Kit Neilan
Patricia Plunkett	Jacqueline Maingot
Ian Scott	Kenneth Lake

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; France, as theme or setting; universities, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Live from the Intimate Theatre, 1946-1949, part 2 (Blog article)

Author/creator

John Wyver (Author)

Reference

http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/live-from-the-intimate-theatre-1946-1949-part-2, published 16 February 2012

Title

Radio Times, 4 November 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing p. 46, article, p. 45