The Ha-Ha

Summary: 1969 Granada Television presentation for ITV of the Stables Theatre Company’s production of The Ha-Ha by Richard Eyre, from Jennifer Dawson’s book.
Theatre play: The Ha-Ha by Richard Eyre [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The Ha-Ha tells the first-person story of Josephine, a young woman who struggles to cope with the constraints and complexities of what late-1950s English society expects of her. She suffers a mental breakdown and spends time in a psychiatric hospital struggling against the unreconstructed mental health system to keep hope alive and hold onto her own identity.' This description of the novel from which the play was drawn is from http://www.jenniferdawson-haha.com/the-ha-ha/4576476450.
Production history: 'The Ha-Ha, Jennifer Dawson’s first novel, was published in 1961 to great critical acclaim and won the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Award. The Ha-Ha was also made into a television drama, adapted for stage production in Edinburgh [in 1967] and London by director Richard Eyre and broadcast several times on BBC radio.' Sources: http://www.jenniferdawson-haha.com/the-ha-ha/4576476450.
Date of transmission: Monday 25 August 1969
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)
Theatre company: Stables Theatre Company

Director

Barry Davis

Producer

Gordon McDougall

Playwright

Richard Eyre

Book by

Jennifer Dawson (1929-2000)

Designer

Colin Rees

Cast

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