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Celebration, Part 1: The Wedding

Summary
1961 BBC presentation of Part 1 of the Nottingham Playhouse production of Celebration by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, from the Duchess Theatre, London, by arrangement with Oscar Lewenstein and Donald Albery.
Theatre play
The Wedding by Willis Hall (1929-2005) and Keith Waterhouse [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 3 August 1961
Time
7.30-8.15pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC
Theatre company
Nottingham Playhouse Company

Credits

Director
Val May
Television Presentation by
Mary Evans
Playwright
Willis Hall (1929-2005)
Playwright
Keith Waterhouse
Cast
Thelma BarlowEdna Fuller
Donald BurtonStan Dyson
Rowena CooperMargo Fuller
James CossinsEdgar Lucas
Colin GeorgeJack Lucas
Gabrielle HamiltonRhoda Lucas
Hilary HardimanLillian Howes
Jeremy KempFrank Broadbent
Gillian MartellAlice Fuller
Carole MowlamChristine Lucas
Morgan SheppardArthur Broadbent
Virginia StrideIrene Howes
Antony TuckeyLionel Fuller
Michael WilliamsBernard Fuller

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
marriage; north of England, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 27 July 1961 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 45

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