Major Barbara
- Summary
- 1962 Granada Television production for ITV of Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw, presented as part of a four-part season of Shaw’s plays.
- Theatre play
- Major Barbara by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 23 October 1962
- Time
- 9.15-10.45pm
- Series
- Play of the Week
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Granada Television (1956-)
Credits
- Director
- Stuart Burge
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Designer
- Michael Grimes
- Editor
- Maurice Colbourne ('Edited for television by’)
- Cast
Margo Andrew Sarah Michael Bangerter Stephen Reginald Barratt Peter Shirley Madeleine Christie Mrs Baines Judi Dench Barbara Ethel Gabriel Rummy Mitchens Charles Kay Snobby Price Max Kirby Morrison Philip Madoc Charles Lomax Brewster Mason Andrew Undershaft Michael Robbins Bill Walker Marian Spencer Lady Britomart Katy Wild Jenny Hill Edward Woodward Adolphus Cusins Arnold Yarrow Bilton
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Christianity; Salvation Army
Print sources
- Title
- TV Times, 19 October 1962 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; articles, ‘Was the Bard a Snob? (G.B.S. Thought So)', p. 3, ‘Major Barbara Starts a Shaw Season’, p. 12 and ‘The G.B.S. I knew’, by Sybil Thorndike, p. 13; listing, with image, p. 29
Associated programmes
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