Heartbreak House
- Summary
- BBC Television production of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House.
- Theatre play
- Heartbreak House by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 2 February 1958
- Time
- 8.00-10.00pm
- Series
- Television World Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Michael Barry
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Designer
- Roy Oxley
- Cast
Tony Britton Hector Hushabye Judy Campbell Hesione Hushabye Diana Churchill Lady Utterword Mark Dignam Captain Shotover Colin Keith-Johnston Mazzini Dunn David Markham Randall Utterword William Mervyn Boss Mangan Harold Scott Billy Dunn12/12/201312/12/201312/12/2013 Josephine Stuart Ellie Dunn Marda Vanne Nurse Guinness
Additional details
- Notes
- This production is estimated to have been seen by 6.5 million viewers (source: ‘Cost to BBC of Competitive Television’, The Times, 13 March 1958, p. 14).
- Play tags
- adultery / infidelity; farce; tragedy; wartime, as theme or setting
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Heartbreak House (BBC, 1958)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address
White City
Telephone
London
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Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
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Print sources
- Title
- Cost to BBC of Competitive Television (Newspaper article)
- Author/creator
- Anonymous
- Reference
- The Times, 13 March 1958, p. 14
- Title
- Heartbreak House (BBC, 1958, 1977) (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- John Wyver (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/heartbreak-house-bbc-1958-1977, published 21 August 2012
- Title
- Heartbreak House: BBC Television (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 3 February 1958, p. 12
- Title
- Magazine for the Middle Brow: A New Lively Programme (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 3 February 1958, p. 4
- Title
- Radio Times, 31 January 1958 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- illustrated listing on p. 7 and article on p. 4
- Title
- Sparks and Thuds (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Observer, 9 February 1958, p. 13
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