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A Social Success

Summary
1953 BBC live studio production of Max Beerbohm’s one-act play A Social Success.
Theatre play
A Social Success by Max Beerbohm [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 29 April 1953
Time
9.15-9.45pm
Series
Wednesday Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
John Irving
Playwright
Max Beerbohm
Sets / Settings
Frederick Knapman
Cast
Dan CunninghamTommy Dixon
Peter CushingHenry Robbins
Audrey FildesCountess of Amersham
Nicholas HannenEarl of Amersham
Leslie KyleHawkins
Marjorie StewartDuchess of Huntington

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 24 April 1953 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 32; article, p. 15

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