Reunion in Vienna

Summary

1958 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Reunion in Vienna by Robert E. Sherwood.

Theatre play

Reunion in Vienna by Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in which Archduke Rudolf, currently exiled from Vienna and working as a taxi-driver in Nice, is set to return to renew his romantic acquaintance with Elena, but he does not know she has married in the decade since he left.

Production history

Dated to 1931. Film version 1933.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 29 January 1958

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Cyril Coke

Playwright

Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955)

Adapted for Television by

Barry Thomas

Set Designer

George Haslam

Cast

Joss Ambler	Count von Stainz
Marie Burke	Frau Lucher
Helen Cherry	Elena
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)	Krug
George Curzon	Talisz
Clive Dunn	Torlini
John Harvey	Police Officer
Jane Henderson	Gisella von Krett
Joan Hickson	Countess von Stainz
Trevor Howard	Archduke Rudolf Maximillian von Hapsburg
Ian Keill	Emil Reinhardt
Rosamund Lesley	Ilse
Renny Lister	Kathie
Laurie Main	Strup
Miles Malleson (1889-1969)	Baron Povoromo
Ralph Michael	Anton
Beaufoy Milton	General Hoetzler
Phyllis Montefiore	Sophia Koeppke
Jack Rodney	Valet

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 24 January 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; article, p. 21; listing, p. 31