Beauty and the Beast

Summary

1952 BBC live studio production for Children’s Television of Nicholas Stuart Gray’s fairy-tale play Beauty and the Beast.

Theatre play

Beauty and the Beast by Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922-1981) [more information]

Play synopsis

A fairy tale in which a handsome young prince is turned into a beast, because of his bad temper. He is banished to a desolate castle where for five hundred years he sees no-one. Beauty masters her fear of the Beast and comes to love him.

Production history

Written and performed in 1951.

Date of transmission

Thursday 31 January 1952

Time

5.40-6.30pm

Series

Children’s Television

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Joy Harington

Playwright

Nicholas Stuart Gray (1922-1981)

Cast

Judy Dyson	Jonquiline
Richard Goolden	Hodge
Alan Judd	Mr Clement
Annabelle [or Annabel] Maule	Jane
Brian Nissen	The Prince
Jeremy Spenser	Mikey
Pamela Woolsey	Jessamine

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 5.25pm on Sunday 3 February 1952.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

fairy tale

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 25 January 1952 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 48