Chips With Everything [scenes]

Summary: 1963 BBC presentation of scenes from Chips With Everything by Arnold Wesker, televised from the Royal Court, London, by arrangement with the English Stage Company and Bob Swash.
Theatre play: Chips With Everything by Arnold Wesker (1932-) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Pip Thompson is conscripted for National Service, but prefers to be treated as an ordinary soldier and not become an officer. Kip is a socialist who has seen "squalor of London’s East End, typified by greasy cafés offering chips with everything" '. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_with_Everything.
Production history: 'Chips with Everything premiered in the West End at the Royal Court Theatre on 27 April 1962, and subsequently transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre. Directed by John Dexter, the cast featured Frank Finlay as Corporal Hill.' Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_with_Everything.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 20 August 1963
Time: 8.25-9.15pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Director

John Dexter

Presented for Television by

Mary Evans

Playwright

Arnold Wesker (1932-)

Composer

Colin Farrell

Musical Arrangements by

Colin Farrell

Designer

Jocelyn Herbert (1917-2003)

Choreographer

R. Brittain (specifically, ‘Drill Instruction by’)

Introduced by

Arnold Wesker (1932-)

Cast

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