His and Hers

Summary

1957 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of

Theatre play

His and Hers by Michael Kanin and Fay Kanin [more information]

Play synopsis

'What happens when a playwright finds his ex-wife is writing the same play that he is? This topical comedy takes us behind the scenes of American theatre and television’ (TV Times, 14 June 1957, p. 19).

Production history

Staged in 1954.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 19 June 1957

Time

9.00-10.15pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Tania Lieven

Playwright

Fay Kanin

Playwright

Michael Kanin

Set Designer

George Haslam

Cast

Paul Carpenter	Clem Scott
John Evans	Lawyer / Bunty
Joyce Heron	Lydia
David Langton	George
Moira Lister	Maggie Palmer
Nan Munro	Avis
Joan Phillips	Jean
George Pravda	Dr Carl Halek
Gordon Tanner	Mike Foster
Jerold Wells	Lawyer

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

America, as theme or setting; American drama; comedy; poetry and literature, as theme; television, as theme; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 14 June 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 19