Learning on ScreenIdiot’s Delight
- Summary
- 1955 BBC production of Idiot’s Delight by Robert E. Sherwood.
- Theatre play
- Idiot’s Delight by Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 20 November 1955
- Time
- 8.15-9.45pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre; Henry Sherek Presents
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Victor Menzies
- Playwright
- Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955)
- Composer
- John Hotchkis
- Musical Arrangements by
- John Hotchkis
- Designer
- Reece Pemberton
- Dances Directed by
- Leslie Roberts
- Cast
Billie Allen Saxophonist Margaret Anderson Mrs Cherry Jimmy Bailey Pianist Robert Beatty Harry Van Tommy Blades Drummer Virginia Buckland Bebe James Bullock Officer Anton Diffring Captain Kirvlin Dino Galvani Pittatek Wyne Gray Shirley Gerard Heinz Achille Weber Owen Holder Mr Cherry Jackie Joyner Elaine Philip Keatley Donald Navadel Peter Macarte Officer Alec McCowen Quillery Martin Miller Dr Waldersee Mary Mitchell Edna Janet Moss Beulah Michael Partridge Officer Eugene Pini Orchestra Leader Robert Rietty Major Michael Rittermann Auguste John Ruddock Dumptay Ann Taylor Francine Tony Thornton Officer Mai Zetterling (1925-1994) Irene
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- American drama
Print sources
- Title
- 'Idiot’s Delight’ (Magazine review)
- Author/creator
- Philip Hope-Wallace (Author)
- Reference
- The Listener, 24 November 1955, p. 909
- Notes
- 'All in all, a good evening, and a revival eminently worth the time and trouble.' Includes a production photograph.
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 November 1955 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 7; listing and image, p. 14; article, p. 15
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