Nude with Violin

Summary

1959 ATV production for ITV of Nude with Violin by Noël Coward.

Theatre play

Nude with Violin by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]

Play synopsis

Nude with Violin is ‘A light comedy of manners, the play is Coward’s satire on "Modern Art", criticism, artistic pretension and the value placed on art’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_with_Violin).

Production history

First performed in Dublin in September 1956, it transferred to the Globe Theatre in London later that year.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 21 July 1959

Time

8.30-9.59pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Credits

Director

Lionel Harris

Playwright

Noël Coward (1899-1973)

Sets / Settings

Carl Toms

Cast

Hermione Baddeley	Cherry-May Waterton
Thomas Baptiste	Obadiah Lewellyn
Joyce Carey	Isobel Sorodin
Ann Castle	Jane
Patience Collier	Anya Pavlikov
Derek Francis	Jacob Friedland
Robert Helpmann	Sebastien
Peter Hempson	Lauderdale
Basil Henson	Colin
Esther Lawrence	Marie-Celeste
Graham Payn	Clinton Preminger, Jr
Patricia Raine	Pamela
Douglas Robinson	Fabrice
John Taylor	George

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

art world; comedy

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 17 July 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 1; listing, p. 4