Vanity Fair

Summary

1950 BBC production of Vanity Fair, a theatrical version of Thackeray’s novel by Constance Cox.

Theatre play

Vanity Fair by Constance Cox (1912-1998) [more information]

Play synopsis

A play based on Thackery’s novel.

Production history

Published by Samuel French, 1947. It was staged at least as early as 1946, in Glasgow at the Theatre Royal (source: The Glasgow Herlad, 25 June 1946).

Date of transmission

Sunday 3 September 1950

Time

8.00-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)

Playwright

Constance Cox (1912-1998)

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Buena Bent	Miss Crawley
Beckett Bould	Sir Pitt Crawley
Peter Bull	Joseph Sedley
Belle Chrystall	Becky Sharp
Bryan Coleman	George Osborne
George Curzon	Marquess of Steyne
Tom Gill	Captain Dobbin
Glyn Lawson	Sam
Jack Livesey	Rawdon Crawley
Edna Morris	Mrs Sedley
Anthony Sharp	Pitt Crawley
Jeanette Tregarthen	Amelia Sedley

Additional details

Later transmissions

Presented again on Thursday 7 September 1950 at 8.00pm.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 1 September 1950 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 37; listing, p. 38