Cranford

Summary: 1951 BBC live studio production of an adaptation of Martyn Coleman’s theatre play Cranford, which itself was adapted from the Victorian short stories of Elizabeth Gaskell.
Theatre play: Cranford by Martyn Coleman [more information]
Play synopsis: A story of genteel early Victorian life in 1835 in a small English town, adapted from the comic sketches published in serial form by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1851.
Production history: The adaptation was written for the theatre and was first performed at the Wolverhampton Grand on 18 June 1951 (source: http://www.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/reviewsPRJanMar11/CranfordG03-11.html; accessed 7 September 1951). The BBC’s 1951 television version of the stage adaptation appeared three months before the theatrical premiere.
Date of transmission: Sunday 25 March 1951
Time: 8.30-10.20pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Douglas Allen

Playwright

Martyn Coleman

Adapted for Television by

John Manchip White

Original Book by

Elizabeth Gaskell

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Title: Radio Times, 23 March 1951 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing and illustrated article by Lionel Hale, ‘A Masterpiece of Quiet Charm’, p. 44

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