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A Sleep of Prisoners

Summary
1951 BBC live studio production of Christopher Fry’s play A Sleep of Prisoners
Theatre play
A Sleep of Prisoners by Christopher Fry (1907-2005) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 16 December 1951
Time
8.30-9.55pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
W. P. Rilla
Playwright
Christopher Fry (1907-2005)
Sets / Settings
Barry Learoyd
Cast
Andrew LeighPrivate Tim Meadows
Robin LloydPrivate Peter Able
John SlaterPrivate David King
Peter WilliamsCorporal Joe Adams

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 20 December 1951.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
biblical stories; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 14 December 1951 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 48; article by Lionel Hale, ‘Drama in a House of Worship’, p. 47

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