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The Respectful Prostitute

Summary
1964 BBC production of The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Theatre play
The Respectful Prostitute [La Putain respectueuse] by Jean-Paul Sartre [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 8 January 1964
Time
9.25-10.25pm
Series
Festival
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Rudolph Cartier
Producer
Peter Luke
Playwright
Jean-Paul Sartre
Adapted for Television by
Kitty Black
Singer
Annie Ross (sung ‘Strange Fruit’, played by the Tony Kinsey Quintet)
Designer
Robert Fuest
Story Editor
Harry Moore
Cast
Earl CameronThe Negro
David CargillJohn
Hal GaliliFirst Man
Lee GrantLizzie
Robin HaddowJames
Chuck JulianSecond Man
Anthony MaylanThird Man
André MorellSenator Clarke
Fred SadoffFred

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
America, as theme or setting; French drama; race relations; sexual violence

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 2 January 1964 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 32; listing, p. 35

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