A Phoenix Too Frequent

Summary: 1972 BBC production of A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry in a production by the Stockton and District YMCA at their Dovecot Arts Centre.
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 14 November 1972
Time: 9.50-11.05pm
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Stockton and District YMCA

Director

Playwright

Christopher Fry (1907-2005)

Cast

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