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A Life in the Sun [Act 1]

Summary
1955 BBC presentation of Act 1 of A Life in the Sun by Thornton Wilder, from the stage of the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, the specific space for which this play was written, performed before an invited audience at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Theatre play
A Life in the Sun by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 28 August 1955
Time
9.15-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Tyrone Guthrie
Television Presentation by
James Buchan
Playwright
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Cast
Madeleine ChristieAglaia
Michael DavidApollo
Geoffrey DunnTeiresias
David GloagThe Boy
Philip GuardA Herdsman
Laurence HardyA Watchman
Robert HardyAdmetus
John KiddDeath
Irene Worth (1916-2002)Alcestis

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
American drama; Greek myth

Print sources

Title
Portable Paradise (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Philip Hope-Wallace (Author)
Reference
The Listener, 1 September 1955, p. 349
Title
Radio Times, 26 August 1955 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, article and image on p. 14

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