The Pinedus Affair

Summary: 1962 Associated Television production for ITV of The Pinedus Affair, an English translation of Paolo Levi’s Italian play Il caso Pinedus.
Theatre play: The Pinedus Affair [Il caso Pinedus] by Paolo Levi (1919-1989) [more information]
Play synopsis: Pinedus receives a summons for a parking misdemeanour, but ends up in prison, on a murder charge. He is the music critic of a national newspaper in an unnamed country. The editor of the newspaper uses the murder charge to attack the Government. The play, based on a an incident in Mussolini’s Italy, is a satire on authority.
Production history: Dated to 1954.
Date of transmission: Sunday 2 December 1962
Time: 9.35-10.35pm
Series: Drama 62
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Producer

John Nelson Burton

Playwright

Paolo Levi (1919-1989)

Adapted for Television by

Lewis Greifer

Translator

Robert Rietty

Sets / Settings

Anthony Waller

Cast

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