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Such Men are Dangerous

Summary
1954 BBC live studio production of Ashley Duke’s historical drama Such Men are Dangerous, which was an adaptation of Alfred Neumann’s German novel and play.
Theatre play
Such Men are Dangerous by Ashley Dukes (1885-1959) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 28 February 1954
Time
8.10-10.10pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Rudolph Cartier
Playwright
Ashley Dukes (1885-1959)
Original Story by
Alfred Neumann
Sets / Settings
Stephen Taylor
Cast
Garth Adams
Bart Allison
Peter AugustineIvan
Peter BryantAlexander
Andrew CrawfordStepan
Peter Davey
Greta GyntAnna
Ernest HareGeneral Valerian Suboff
Edward Higgins
Arthur Hosking
Toby Lenon
Arthur Mason
Manny Michael
Guy Mills
Brian Moorehead
Stephen MurrayCount Pahlen
Henry Oscar (1891-1969)Adjutant
Stanley PlattsFootman
Donald PleasanceChamberlain
Charles Price
Arnold RidleyEnglish Doctor
Derek SydneyStaff Captain
Peter Roy Taylor
Gregori TcherniakBalalaika Player
Donovan UbadellDuke Plato Suboff
André Van GyseghemChancellor
Sydney Woolf
Arthur YoungPaul I

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 7.00pm on Thursday 4 March 1954.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
19th-century setting; German drama; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Don’t ask me (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Philip Hope-Wallace (Author)
Reference
The Listener, 4 March 1954, p. 396
Title
Radio Times, 26 February 1954 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article by Rudolph Cartier, ‘Count Pahlen, Hero or Villain?', p. 14

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