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The Face of Love

Summary
1954 live BBC studio production of Ian Dallas’ modern re-telling of the story of Troilus and Cressida.
Theatre play
The Face of Love by Ian Dallas (1930- ) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 5 October 1954
Time
8.15-9.45pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Alvin Rakoff
Playwright
Ian Dallas (1930- )
Designer
Richard Wilmot
Cast
John BreslinAeneas
Janet ButlerPhilomena
John CharlesworthAidos
Maurice ColbournePandarus
Peter CushingMardian
Nuna DaveyPhilo’s Wife
Roy GrantChild
Brigid LenihanPhyllida
Ronald LewisDiomedes
Joan Miller (1910-1988)Helen
Mary MorrisCressida
Laurence PayneTroilus
Eileen PeelPhrynia
Donald PleasanceAlex
George RosePhilo
Hugh SinclairHector
Kit TerringtonPhilo’s Son
Alan TilvernAjax
Paul Whitsun-JonesAgamemnon
Leonard WilliamsCorporal
Brian WorthParis

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
Greece, as theme or setting; Greek myth

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 1 October 1954 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 26; article by Michael Barry, ‘A Natural Playwright’, p. 15

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