Learning on ScreenPrologue to King Lear
- Summary
- BBC Television production of Ferenc Molnár’s comedy Prologue to King Lear.
- Theatre play
- Prologue to King Lear by Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 16 December 1937
- Time
- 3.36pm (38 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Eric Crozier (1914-1994)
- Playwright
- Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)
- Adapted for Television by
- Eric Crozier (1914-1994)
- Musician
- P. Nabarro (trumpet and/or drums)
- Musician
- Gilbert Webster (trumpet and/or drums)
- Musician
- Eric Wild (trumpet and/or drums)
- Cast
Dennis Arundell (1898-1988) Erik Chitty (1907-1977) William Devlin (1911-1987) Edmund Gray Alex McCrindle James Pugh H. Brough Robertson John Rudling Douglas Seale Phyllis Thomas
Additional details
- Later transmissions
- Broadcast again at 9.30pm on Friday 17 December 1937.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; Hungarian drama; theatre or acting, as theme
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Television Programme Records: vol. 1, 1937-38 (Book)
- Reference
- London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 103
- Title
- Radio Times, 10 December 1937 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 21
Record Stats
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