Dandy Dick

Summary

Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Arthur W. Pinero’s comedy Dandy Dick.

Theatre play

Dandy Dick by Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934) [more information]

Play synopsis

A farcical comedy set in 1890. What happened to the Dean of St Marvell’s who refused to indulge his extravagant daughters, and what has it to do with a race horse whose tail has been singed during a fire?

Production history

Dated to 1887.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 22 July 1959

Time

8.30pm (86 mins)

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Tania Lieven

Stage Manager

Dorothy Pope

Playwright

Arthur W. Pinero (1855-1934)

Adapted for Television by

Harry Moore

Designer

Henry Federer

Production Assistant

Nona Richards

Cast

Jack Allen	Sir Tristram Mardon, Bart.
Sheila Ballantine	Salome Jedd
Michael Bird	Noah Topping
Newton Blick	The Very Rev. Augustin Jedd, DD
Peter Cellier	Nugent Darbey
Judith Furse	Georgiana Tidman
Philip Latham	Major Gerald Tarver
Pat [Patricia] Pleasance	Sheba Jedd
Henry Soskin	Hatcham
Stanley Van Beers	Blore
Ann Wilton	Hannah Topping

Additional details

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; farce; horses

Print sources

Title

Dandy Dick (Archive file)

Archive

BFI Reuben Library [more information]

Address

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Website

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Access

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Reference

Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers, file reference ART/317/1

Notes

File contains booklet with cast list etc, script, Programme as Telecast document, correspondence, contracts.

Title

Pinero’s Dandy Dick on Television (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 29 July 1959, p.11