Anna of the Five Towns

Summary: 1971 Associated Television production for ITV of Joyce Cheeseman’s Anna of the Five Towns, which draws on Arnold Bennett’s novel. This was a presentation of Peter Cheeseman’s production with the company of the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent.
Theatre play: Anna of the Five Towns by Joyce Cheeseman (1932-2002) [more information]
Play synopsis: Adapted from the 1902 novel by Arnold Bennett especially for the theatre-in-the-round setting of the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. It is the story of a Potteries girl, Anna, whose simple life is changed on turning twenty-one.
Production history: First staged in the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, 1969. Source: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/27/guardianobituaries1.
Date of transmission: Sunday 28 February 1971
Time: 10.15-11.45pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)
Theatre company: Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

Director

Dorothy Denham (credited as ‘Television Director’)

Theatre Director

Peter Cheeseman (1932-2010)

Playwright

Joyce Cheeseman (1932-2002) (adapted from the novel by Arnold Bennett)

Writer

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) (play based on his novel)

Music

Stuart Johnson

Designer

Jill Oxley

Cast

Title: 1960s to 1980s, Hartshill (Website)
Reference: Published on the website of the Stoke newspaper The Sentinel on 15 May 2010: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/DATE-1960s-1980s-PLACE-Hartshill/story-12516276-detail/story.html#mT11LqkvBYatHSgZ.99
Linking notes: image, with caption

Title: TV Times, 25 February 1971 (Magazine)
Linking notes: brief mention, p. 2; long, illustrated article, pp. 5-6; listing, p. 31

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