Tobias and the Angel

Summary: 1973 Scottish Television production for ITV of Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie.
Theatre play: Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie (1888-1951) [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy. ‘Tobias is the son of Tobit, a blind old Jewish beggar who lives in a hovel in Nineveh with his wife Anna. The disguised archangel Raphael, who has been hospitably received by Tobit, volunteers to accompany Tobias on a journey to Media. They stop in Ecbatana at the home of Sarah, whom Tobias marries despite a warning that seven previous bridegrooms were murdered by the demon Asmoday (Asmodeus). After driving off this menace, Raphael escorts the couple to Nineveh, where he cures Tobit’s blindness. Raphael then reveals himself as the mighty Archangel and disappears.'
(http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_b/bridie/tobias_angels.htm; accessed 10 January 2014)
Production history: First performed in Cambridge in November 1930.
Date of transmission: Sunday 23 December 1973
Time: 6.00-7.00pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: Scottish Television (1957-)

Director

Tina Wakerell

Playwright

James Bridie (1888-1951)

Adapted for Television by

Ronald Mavor

Composer

Herbert Chappell

Designer

Geoff Nixon

Executive Producer

Liam Hood

Cast

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