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Life with Father

Summary
1961 Granada Television production for ITV of Life with Father by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay, a stage adaptation of Clarence Day’s stories.
Theatre play
Life with Father by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 4 July 1961
Time
9.35-11.05pm
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director
Vivian Milroy
Producer
Silvio Narizzano
Playwright
Russel Crouse
Playwright
Howard Lindsay
Adapted for Television by
Gerald Savory (1909-1996)
Book by
Clarence Day
Designer
William Brodie
Cast
Renée AshersonVinnie
Margaret BoydMargaret
David BrierleyClarence
Rosemary CrowsonDelia
Suzanne FinlayCora Cartwright
Jack GwillimClarence Day Sr
Arthur JonesMailman
Robert LankesheerDr Humphries
Carole LorimerAnnie
Mollie MaureenNora
Perlita NeilsonMary Skinner
Richard PalmerJohn
Lloyd M. PearsonDr Lloyd
Richard WilliamsWhitney

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
adaptation of short story; America, as theme or setting; American drama; comedy

Print sources

Title
TV Times, 30 June 1961 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, p. 11; listing, with image from rehearsals, p. 25

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