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The Confidential Clerk

Summary
BBC production of T. S. Eliot’s The Confidential Clerk.
Theatre play
The Confidential Clerk by T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 24 July 1955
Time
8.30-10.15pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Peter Potter
Playwright
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Designer
Lawrence [Laurence] Broadhouse
Cast
Joan GreenwoodLucasta Angel
Kenneth HaighColby Simpkins
Isabel JeansLady Elizabeth Mulhammer
Alexander KnoxSir Claude Mulhammer
Olga LindoMrs Guzzard
John StrattonB. Kaghan
Harcourt Williams (1880-1957)Eggerson

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Repeated as a tele-recording on 18 August 1955.
Play tags
comedy; verse drama

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Confidential Clerk (BBC, 1955)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
In Confidence (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Philip Hope-Wallace (Author)
Reference
The Listener, 28 July 1955, p. 159
Notes
'Peter Potter’s production of The Confidential Cerk earned steady admiration.' Includes a production photograph.
Title
Radio Times, 22 July 1955 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, with image and article, p. 14
Title
Second Good Play This Week: Vale of Shadows (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 27 July 1955, p. 3
Linking notes
passing mention
Title
The Confidential Clerk: First-Rate Production (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 25 July 1955, p. 3

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