The Lady of the Camellias

Summary: 1958 ABC Television production of The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas.
Theatre play: The Lady of the Camellias [La Dame aux camélias] by Alexandre Dumas [more information]
Play synopsis: The story tells of ‘A fallen woman’s love for a young man of family, her noble renunciation of him, and the brief reunion which precedes her death from consumption’ (Radio Times, 6 February 1964, p. 35).
Production history: Dumas’ novel was published in 1848 and subsequently adapted for the stage. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris in 1852. The play was an instant success, and Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about putting the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera La Traviata. In the English-speaking world, The Lady of the Camellias became known as Camille. (Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Camellias.)
Date of transmission: Sunday 16 February 1958
Time: 9.35-10.50pm
Series: Armchair Theatre
Channel: ITV
Production company: ABC Television (1955-1968)

Producer

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

Alexandre Dumas

Translator

Norman Ginsbury (1902-1991)

Translator

Jacques Sarch

Designer

Reece Pemberton

Cast

Title: TV Times, 14 February 1958 (Magazine)
Linking notes: cover image; brief article on the actor Ann Todd on p. 3; articles, pp. 6 and 7; listing, p. 25

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