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Madame Louise

Summary
This BBC production of Vernon Sylvaine’s farce Madame Louise, in a special performance from the Whitehall Theatre in London, was presented in the Brian Rix Presents series.
Theatre play
Madame Louise by Vernon Sylvaine [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 15 July 1956
Time
8.30pm (90 mins)
Series
Sunday-Night Theatre; Brian Rix Presents
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Wallace Douglas
Television Presentation by
Alan Chivers
Playwright
Vernon Sylvaine
Sets / Settings
Rhoda Gray
Cast
Garth AdamsCurly
Diana CalderwoodPenny
Charles CameronMr Boot, Snr
Leo FranklynMr Trout
Anna GerberDawn
Elspeth GrayPearl
Joan IngramMrs Trout
Basil LordSlim
Peter MercierFelling
Cicely Paget-BowmanMadame Louise
Toby PerkinsMr Boot, Jnr
Brian Rix (1924-)Mr Stopper
Hazel SuttonEve

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
farce

Print sources

Title
1956 Rehearsal For TV Production of Madame Louise [image] (Website: image)
Reference
https://www.argentaimages.com/image/view/q/Rios/id/EDS1346285086KSZVMA/name/1956+Rehearsal+For+TV+Production+of+%22Madame+Louise (27 September 2013)
Title
Madame Louise (Audience Research Report)
Archive
BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
Address

Peppard Road
Caversham Park
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 8TZ
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)118 948 6281

Email

heritage@bbc.co.uk

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/wac

Access

The WAC is open from 9.30am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the year to academics, postgraduate students and writers by appointment.

Reference
Report reference VR/56/371, held in file R9/7/23
Title
Radio Times, 13 July 1956 (Magazine)
Linking notes
pp. 14-15, listing and article

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