A Phoenix Too Frequent

Summary

1955 BBC production of A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry.

Theatre play

A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry (1907-2005) [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy based upon Petronius’s tale of the Ephesian widow, the false heroics of Dynamene’s mourning of her husband in his tomb, and her reawakening to the joy of life by a handsome officer who enters the tomb to rest on a course of duty (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Fry; accessed 6 March 2014).

Production history

Produced at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London in 1946, originally starring Paul Schofield.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 19 July 1955

Time

8.45-9.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Owen Reed

Playwright

Christopher Fry (1907-2005)

Designer

Barry Learoyd

Cast

George Cole	Tegeus - Chromis
Jessie Evans	Doto
Noëlle Middleton	Dynamene

Additional details

Play tags

ancient Rome and colonies; comedy; Greek myth; verse drama

Audiovisual sources

Title

A Phoenix Too Frequent (BBC, 1955)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 15 July 1955 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated listing, p. 26