His Excellency
- Summary
- BBC production of His Excellency by Dorothy Christie and Campbell Christie in the Sunday-Night Theatre slot.
- Theatre play
- His Excellency by Dorothy Christie and Campbell Christie (1893-1963) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 21 April 1957
- Time
- 8.00pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Alan Bromly
- Playwright
- Campbell Christie (1893-1963)
- Playwright
- Dorothy Christie
- Designer
- Richard Wilmot
- Cast
Glen Alyn Lady Kirkman Shirley Eaton Peggy Harrison John Foster Co-Pilot Nigel Hawthorne Captain the Contino Sevastien Jacono de Piero John Horsley Vice-Admiral Sir Oliver Pain-Bartley, K.B.E., C.B. Mervyn Johns His Excellency, the Governor Harold Kasket Emil Zamario Philip Leaver Colonel Paul Dobrieda Donald Pickering Major Charles Hugonin, M.C. Michael Segal Fernando Hugh Sinclair Sir James Kirkman, C.M.G. Patrick Waddington Major-General Alan Copeland
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- British Empire and colonies; class issues / differences; strikes / industrial action; trades unions
Print sources
- Title
- Play Remained Stagebound: His Excellency (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 22 April 1957, p. 3
- Title
- Radio Times, 19 April 1957 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- pp. 4, 10 (articles) and 11 (listing)
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