Fallen Angels

Summary: 1963 BBC production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward.
Theatre play: Fallen Angels by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy. ‘With their passionless husbands away playing golf, a mutual long-ago lover announces his intention to pay Julia and Jane an impromptu visit. All in a fluster, there’s clearly only one thing to do: hit the bottle! Or rather, pop open the bubbly. Each successive glass loosens their tongues, hidden jealousies surface, the claws come out, and all attempts at demure behaviour go out of the window. But it’s not until the unexpected early return of their golfing husbands that the women’s evening really hits its frenzied peak...' (source: http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/page/3028/Fallen+Angels/767).
Production history: First staged in London, 1925.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 9 October 1963
Time: 9.10-10.10pm
Series: Festival
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC