The Ribadier System

Summary

1964 Granada Television production for ITV of The Ribadier System by Georges Feydeau, presented in the Paris 1900 series.

Theatre play

The Ribadier System [Le Système Ribadier] by Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) and Maurice Hennequin [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in three acts. The TV Times (24 September 1964, p.61) says about the play: ‘Monsieur Ribadier marries a beautiful widow - but she had learnt from her first husband that men are deceivers ever’.

Production history

Performed for the first time in November 1892 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.

Date of transmission

Friday 2 October 1964

Time

9.45-10.45pm

Series

Paris 1900

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Producer

Philip Mackie

Playwright

Georges Feydeau (1862-1921)

Playwright

Maurice Hennequin

Adapted for Television by

Philip Mackie

Music

Derek Hilton

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Judy Cornwell	Sophie Baines
Adrienne Corri	Angele
Kenneth Griffith	Thommereux
Alfred Marks	Ribadier
Henry McGee	Gusman
Zena Walker	Therese
Paul Whitsun-Jones	Savinet

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; French drama

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 24 September 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, pp. 14-15; listing, p. 61