Learning on ScreenAbe Lincoln in Illinois
- Summary
- BBC production of Robert E. Sherwood’s play Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
- Theatre play
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 30 June 1957
- Time
- 9.15pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre; Henry Sherek Presents
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Douglas Allen
- Playwright
- Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955)
- Designer
- Guy Sheppard
- Cast
John Arnatt Ninian Edwards Clare Austin Mary Todd Mary Barclay Nancy Green Bruno Barnabe Joshua Speed Roland Brand Jasp / Phill Alan Browning Feargus James Dyrenforth Trum Cogdal Danica d’Hondt The Edwards’ Maid Bill Edwards Bab Frank Ellement Major Pat English Ann Rutledge Jon Farrell Mentor Graham / Kavanagh Robert Hardy William Herndon Eric House Crimmin Fred Johnson Ben Mattling; Dr Barrick David Knight Abe Lincoln Errol MacKinnon Jed Launce Maraschal Sturveson Patricia Marmont Elizabeth Edwards George Murcell Jack Armstrong Joan Newell Aggie Gale Harry Quashie Gobey William Sherwood Judge Bowling Green Jill Tilsley The Lincolns’ Maid Alan Tilvern Seth Gale Ronald Wilson Robert Lincoln Martin Wyldeck Stephen A. Douglas
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; America, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Audience Research Report)
- Archive
- BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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- Reference
- Report reference VR/57/349, held in file R9/7/28
- Title
- BBC Television: Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 1 July 1957, p. 3
- Title
- Radio Times, 28 June 1957 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- pp. 9 and 11
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