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The Typewriter

Summary
Associated-Rediffusion production of Cocteau’s The Typewriter for ITV, directed by Joan Kemp-Welch. The production script was based on the text performed at the Théâtre Hébertot, Paris in 1941.
Theatre play
The Typewriter [La Machine á écrire] by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 20 November 1962
Time
9.15pm
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)
Producer
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)
Playwright
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Adapted for Television by
Giles Cooper (1918-1966)
Translator
Giles Cooper (1918-1966)
Designer
John Clements (1910-1988)
Cast
Jeremy BrettPascal, Maxime
Geoffrey ChaterDidier
Margaret JohnstonSolange
Gemma JonesPost Mistress
Pat SandysMargot
Patrick WymarkFred

Additional details

Play tags
French drama; suicide

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Typewriter (ITV, 1962)
Archive
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Print sources

Title
Deadlock on the Other Wall (Review)
Author/creator
Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 25 November 1962, p. 37
Title
The Typewriter (A-R for ITV, 1962) (Blog article)
Author/creator
John Wyver (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-typewriter-a-r-for-itv-1962, published 29 June 2011
Title
The Typewriter, 1962 (Archive file)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
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South Bank
London
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UK

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Reference
Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers
Notes
The file includes a leaflet; rehearsal script; contracts with practitioners and overseas contractors and broadcasters.

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