The Two Bouquets

Summary

1960 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of the play with music The Two Bouquets by Herbert Farjeon and Eleanor Farjeon.

Theatre play

The Two Bouquets by Herbert Farjeon and Eleanor Farjeon [more information]

Play synopsis

A comic play with music, or music drama, set in the Victorian period. Romantic misunderstandings at a ball for Kate and her cousin Laura lead to hilarious complications which are eventually unravelled at the Twickenham Regatta.

Production history

Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1936.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 27 December 1960

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)

Playwright

Eleanor Farjeon

Playwright

Herbert Farjeon

Musical Arrangements by

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Marcus Dods (conducted the Sinfonia of London)

Designer

Henry Federer

Choreographer

Ronnie Curran

Cast

Amanda Barrie	Flora
Tony Bateman	Edward
Peter Gilmore	Albert
Rose Hill	Mrs Gill
Pip Hinton	Laura
Patricia Lambert	Kate
Barbara Lewis	Bella
June Marlow	Patty
Denis Martin	Julian
Stanley Meadows	George
Milo O’Shea	Mr Gill
Mavis Traill	Amelia

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; music drama

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 23 December 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 29; long article, with images, p. 12