Nude with Violin [excerpt]

Summary

This BBC presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from Noël Coward’s comedy Nude with Violin was from a special performance of the Globe Theatre, London, production which was co-directed by John Gielgud and the playwright.

Theatre play

Nude with Violin by Noël Coward (1899-1973) [more information]

Play synopsis

Nude with Violin is ‘A light comedy of manners, the play is Coward’s satire on "Modern Art", criticism, artistic pretension and the value placed on art’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_with_Violin).

Production history

First performed in Dublin in September 1956, it transferred to the Globe Theatre in London later that year.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 11 December 1956

Time

7.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Directors

Noël Coward (1899-1973), John Gielgud

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

Noël Coward (1899-1973)

Sets / Settings

Paul Anstee

Cast

Thomas Baptiste	Obadiah Lewellyn
Joyce Carey	Isobel Sorodin
Ann Castle	Jane
Patience Collier	Anya Pavlikov
John Gielgud	Sebastien, who introduces the excerpt
Kathleen Harrison	Cherry-May Waterton
Basil Henson	Colin
David Horne	Jacob Friedland
Patricia Raine	Pamela
Douglas Robinson	Fabrice
Gillian Webb	Marie-Celeste

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

art world; comedy

Print sources

Title

Nude with Violin (Newspaper article)

Reference

The Manchester Guardian, 28 November 1956, p. 5

Title

Radio Times, 7 December 1956 (Magazine)

Linking notes

pp. 26 (listing) and 27 (article, with image from production)