Another Language

Summary: BBC production of Rose Franken’s Another Language, presented from the BBC’s North of England studios.
Theatre play: Another Language by Rose Franken [more information]
Play synopsis: Another Language is set in London. ‘The central conflict is between an iconoclastic wife, Stella, and her husband Victor’s satirically rendered family. Mother Hallam is the prototypical matriarch; the sisters-in-law are postmarital versions of Cinderella’s stepsisters - unattractive, catty, and stingy; and the materialistic sons enjoy a complacent rigidity. Stella herself represents modernism’ (source: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/franken-rose).
Production history: Another Language premiered at the Booth Theatre, New York, on 25 April 1932 where it ran for 453 performances. ‘The original New York cast included Margaret Wycherly, Margaret Hamilton, and Glenn Anders. Herbert Marshall and Edna Best starred in the 1932 London premiere at the Lyric Theatre. Helen Hayes played Stella in the 1933 film version’ (source: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/franken-rose).
Date of transmission: Thursday 25 July 1957
Time: 8.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Vivian A. Daniels

Playwright

Rose Franken

Designer

Kenneth Lawson

Cast

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