She Stoops to Conquer

Summary: 1961 BBC production of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, from the Midlands.
Theatre play: She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night by Oliver Goldsmith [more information]
Play synopsis: In this comedy the wealthy countryman Mr Hardcastle arranges for his daughter Kate to meet Charles Marlow, the son of a wealthy Londoner, hoping the pair will marry. Unfortunately Marlow is nervous around upper-class women, yet the complete opposite around women of lower-class, thus Kate ‘stoops to conquer’ by posing as a maid, hoping to put Marlow at his ease; he falls for her and they become engaged. The main sub-plot is the secret romance between Miss Constance Neville, another young woman who lives with the Hardcastles, and Marlow’s friend George Hastings, who also become engaged.
Production history: First performed in London in 1773.
Date of transmission: Sunday 26 November 1961
Time: 7.55-9.10pm
Series: Sunday-Night Play
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

John Harrison

Playwright

Oliver Goldsmith

Designer

Margaret Peacock

Cast

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