Arms and the Man
- Summary
- 1948 BBC live studio production of Bernard Shaw’s comedy Arms and the Man.
- Theatre play
- Arms and the Man by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 20 June 1948
- Time
- 8.30-10.15pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Harold Clayton
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Sets / Settings
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
Antony Holles Major Petkoff Margaret Leighton Raina Barbara Lott Louka Clement McCallin Major Sergius Saranoff Eric Phillips Nicola Ellen Pollock Catherine Cyril Raymond Capt. Bluntschli John Westbrook An Officer
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 24 June 1948.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; comedy; marriage; wartime, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 June 1948 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing with photograph, p. 26; article by John Swift ' "Sweetie" was Nervous - but Mr Shaw Approved’, p. 25; article, pp. 24-25
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