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Jonah

Summary
1950 BBC live studio production of Jonah and the Whale by James Bridie.
Theatre play
Jonah and the Whale by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 10 December 1950
Time
8.30-10.15pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Matthew Forsyth
Playwright
James Bridie (1888-1951)
Set Designer
James Bould
Costume Designer
James Bould
Cast
Robin BaileyBilshan
Jill BalconShiphra
Beckett BouldJosibiah
George CurzonThe Whale / Assur-Nirari
Arthur HewlettGovernor of Nineveh
Ernest JayJonah
Ruth LawrenceNaaran
Anne LindsayPassenger
Kenneth MackintoshNarrator / The Angel
June RodneyEuodias
Robert SewellCamel Driver
Harry ShacklockSentry
Timothy SherstonPassenger
Terence SoallCamel Driver
Graham SquireA Sea Captain
Norman TyrrellHashmonah
Dervis WardThe Mate

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 8.00pm on Thursday 14 December 1950.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
biblical stories; Scottish drama

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 8 December 1950 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article by Lionel Hale on p. 46

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