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Our Town

Summary
BBC production of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town.
Theatre play
Our Town by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 3 February 1957
Time
8.30pm
Series
Sunday-Night Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Alvin Rakoff
Playwright
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
Adaptor of Script
Alvin Rakoff
Designer
Stephen Taylor
Cast
Sheldon AllanBaseball Player Three
John ArnattMr Webbb
Mark BakerSimon Stimson
Mary BarclayMrs Webb
Virginia BedardMake-up Lady / Second Dead Woman
Michael BellBoom Operator / Second Dead Man
Gaylord CavallaroMan in Gantry / Sam Craig
Terry CookeJoe Crowell; Baseball Player One
Brenda DuncanFirst Dead Woman
Catherine GeorgeRebecca
Alan GiffordDr Gibbs
Allan JeayesConstable Warren
Fred JohnsonJoe Stoddard
Kevin KellyWally Webb
Malcolm KnightBaseball Player Two
Bessie LoveMrs Gibbs
Neil McCallumGeorge Gibbs
Tucker McGuireMrs Soames
Gordon PhillottProfessor Willard
Michael SaundersSi Cromwell
Heather SearsEmily Webb
Gordon SterneHowie Newsome
Kevin StoneyFirst Dead Man
John WelshStage Manager

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
American drama; television, as theme

Print sources

Title
BBC Television: Our Town (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 4 February 1957, p. 4
Title
Cupid & Charon (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 10 February 1957, p. 11
Title
Radio Times, 1 February 1957 (Magazine)
Linking notes
pp. 6, 14 and 15, listing and articles

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