Learning on ScreenThe Road to Rome
- Summary
- BBC production of Robert E. Sherwood’s comedy The Road to Rome, presented in the Sunday-Night Theatre series.
- Theatre play
- The Road to Rome by Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 10 February 1957
- Time
- 8.30pm (90 mins)
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Hal Burton
- Playwright
- Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955)
- Designer
- Hal Burton
- Cast
Roland Bartrop Maharbal Pamela Buck Meta Jefferson Clifford Tibullus Richard Coe a minor part Tommy Eytle a minor part James Franks a minor part William Gidley Cato Dorothy Green Fabia Laurence Hardy Hasdrubal John G. Heller Juba Noel Johnson Carthalo Maurice Kaufmann Mago Ayton Medas Bala Hugh Moody a minor part Clive Morton Fabius Maximus Barbara Murray Amytis Jack Rodney Thothmes Donald Sinden (1923-2014) Hannibal John Stuart Drusus David Terence Varius Tommy Welsh a minor part John Westbrook Scipio
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- ancient Rome and colonies; comedy
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Television: The Road to Rome (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 11 February 1957, p. 3
- Title
- BBC’s ‘Top Twenty’: Boxing Headed the List (Newspaper article)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1957, p. 7
- Title
- Doors Behind Doors at the Heart of TV: Etiquette of the White City (Newspaper article)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 25 February 1957, p. 5
- Title
- Radio Times, 10 February 1957 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image, p. 6 (article) and pp. 14-15 (listing)
- Title
- Sherwood’s ‘Irony’ Unconvincing: The Road to Rome (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 11 February 1957, p. 5
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