A Resounding Tinkle

Summary: 1961 Granada Television production for ITV of A Resounding Tinkle, a comedy by N. F. Simpson.
Theatre play: A Resounding Tinkle by N. F. [Norman Frederick] Simpson (1919-2011) [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy in which a critic arrives at a television studio to see a play called A Resounding Tinkle. ‘It’s just another show to the studio staff - apart from the elephant outside and the comedians in the kitchen - until Bro and Middie decide on silence...' (TV Times, 24 November 1961, p. 37).
Production history: 'A Resounding Tinkle premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London on 1 December 1957 with Nigel Davenport as Bro Paradock and Wendy Craig as Middie Paradock. Under pressure from Tony Richardson Simpson, to his regret, truncated the play to a 50-minute one-act piece. In 1959 the first complete production of the two-act version was performed by the Cambridge Theatre Actors, under the direction of John Bird with Peter Cook in the leading role. The Royal Court belatedly staged a full rendition on 17 January 2006.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._F._Simpson.
Date of transmission: Thursday 30 November 1961
Time: 9.40-10.35pm
Series: Television Playhouse
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Paul Almond

Playwright

N. F. [Norman Frederick] Simpson (1919-2011)

Composer

Stanley Myers (the music for a nine-piece military band was specially written for television)

Designer

Bruce Grimes

Cast

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