The Respectable Prostitute

Summary: 1957 Granada Television production for ITV of an English translation of The Respectable Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Theatre play: The Respectful Prostitute [La Putain respectueuse] by Jean-Paul Sartre [more information]
Play synopsis: This play ‘observes a woman, a prostitute, caught up in a racially tense period of American history. The audience understands that there has been an incident on a train with said woman involved, but also a black man on whom the blame is laid by the prejudiced law enforcers. What comes to the viewer’s realisation is that a white man instigated an attack, but it is in the interests of the law to preserve the perception of the white person at the expense of the black "devil" ' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Respectful_Prostitute).
Production history: The play premiered in November 1946 at the Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau, Paris.
Date of transmission: Thursday 12 September 1957
Time: 9.15-10.15pm
Series: Television Playhouse
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Jerry Epstein

Playwright

Jean-Paul Sartre

Translator

Kitty Black

Cast

Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: America, as theme or setting; French drama; race relations; sexual violence

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