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Parnell

Summary
1959 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffler.
Theatre play
Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffler (1885-1935) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 10 February 1959
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
David Boisseau
Playwright
Elsie T. Schauffler (1885-1935)
Adapted for Television by
Jessica Morton
Designer
Fred Pusey
Cast
Edwin AppsMr Stanley
John Barrett
Anne BlakeClara Wood
Derek BondCapt William O’Shea
Patrick Boxill
Cecil BrockMontague Harrison
Alfred BurkeTimothy Healy
Phyllis CalvertKatharine O’Shea
Charles Carson (1885-1977)William Ewart Gladstone
Michael GoodliffeCharles Stewart Parnell
Margo JohnsMrs Bridget Blair
Desmond LlewellynJohn Redmond
Patrick MageeMichael Davitt
Patrick McAlinneyThomas Murphy
Doria NoarPhyllis
Brian O’HigginsGen the O’Gorman Mahon
Michael Peake
Gladys YoungMrs Benjamin Wood

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
19th-century setting; historical drama; politics; Republic of Ireland, as theme or setting; sexuality (and morality, politics etc)

Print sources

Title
TV Times, 6 February 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 29; article, p. 13

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