Major Barbara
- Summary
- Rediffusion production for ITV of George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara.
- Theatre play
- Major Barbara by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 18 October 1966
- Time
- 9.10-10.40pm
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Rediffusion (1964-68)
Credits
- Director
- John Frankau
- Producer
- Peter Willes
- Playwright
- [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
- Adapted for Television by
- Ronald Gow
- Cast
Eileen Atkins Barbara Geoffrey Bayldon Peter Shirley Jonathan Cecil Cholly Fabia Drake Mrs Baines Julia Foster Jenny Hill Ronald Fraser Bill Walker Michael Latimer Stephen Moira Lister Lady Britomart Daniel Massey Adolphus Carmel McSharry Rummy Mitchen Anna Palk Sarah Keith Pyott Morrison Ron Welling Snobby Price Alister Williamson Bilton Douglas Wilmer Andrew Undershaft
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Christianity; Salvation Army
Print sources
- Title
- GBS on Independent Television, 1966-83 (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- John Wyver (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/gbs-on-independent-television-1966-83, published 4 August 2011
- Title
- Major Barbara, 1966 (Archive file)
- Archive
- BFI Reuben Library [more information]
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Email
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- Reference
- Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers
- Notes
- The slim file on this production contains: a cast list; programme as telecast / pre-recorded; contracts.
- Title
- Small Screen Restricts Major Barbara (Review)
- Reference
- The Times, 19 October 1966, p. 17
- Title
- TV Times, 13 October 1966 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- image, p. 9; article, pp. 9-10; listing, with image, p. 41
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