My Three Angels

Summary

1962 Granada Television production for ITV of My Three Angels by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, a comedy based on he French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson.

Theatre play

My Three Angels by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson. ‘The play is set in French Guiana around the turn of the 20th century, showing the interaction between three prisoners and a family of French colonists’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Three_Angels).

Production history

The production opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on 11 March 1953.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 3 July 1962

Time

9.15-10.40pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Granada Television (1956-)

Credits

Director

John Moxey

Playwright

Bella Spewack

Playwright

Sam Spewack

Designer

Peter Phillips

Cast

Daphne Anderson	Emilie Ducotel
Isobel Black	Marie Louise
Joan Hickson	Mme Parole
Gary Hope	Paul
Milo O’Shea	Joseph
Godfrey Quigley	Henri Trochard
Norman Rossington	Jules
Brian Steele	Lieutenant
Richard Thorp	Alfred
Richard Vernon	Felix Ducotel

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Guiana, as theme or setting; prison; South America, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 29 June 1962 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 13; listing, p. 15, with photograph