Toad of Toad Hall

Summary: 1947 BBC Television production of A. A. Milne’s Toad of Toad Hall, which he based on Kenneth Grahame’s novel for children The Wind in the Willows. Michael Barry had produced this play for television in 1946 and 1947: although many actors played the same parts in 1946, 1947 and 1948, there are sufficient differences to identify them as separate productions.
Theatre play: Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne (1882-1956) [more information]
Play synopsis: Milne based Toad of Toad Hall on Kenneth Grahame’s novel for children The Wind in the Willows.
Production history: Premiered in December 1929 at the Lyric Theatre, London.
Date of transmission: Sunday 19 December 1948
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

A. A. Milne (1882-1956)

Writer

Kenneth Grahame (wrote The Wind in the Willows, on which Milne based the play)

Adapted for Television by

Michael Barry

Composer

H. Fraser-Simson

Orchestra Directed by

Eric Robinson

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Dances Arranged by

Felicity Gray

Répétiteur

Alan [or Allan] Bixter

Cast

Origination: Live from studio
Vision original: Monochrome
Later transmissions: Presented again at 3.00pm on Thursday 23 December 1948.
Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: adaptation of novel; children’s drama
Programme context tags: children’s television

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