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A Woman of No Importance

Summary
Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde.
Theatre play
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 9 February 1960
Time
9.35-11.05pm (79 mins)
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)
Playwright
Oscar Wilde
Adaptor of Script
Paul Dehn
Designer
John Clements (1910-1988)
Cast
Marcia AshtonLady Stutfield
Tony BatemanLord Alfred Rufford
Helen CherryMrs Allonby
[J. B.] Stringer DavisFarquhar
Clifford ElkinGerald Arbuthnot
Michael ElyJames
Coral FairweatherAlice
Nicholas HannenSir John Pontefract
Eira HeathMiss Hester Worsley
Griffith JonesLord Illingworth
Michael LoganMr Kelvil, M.P.
Charles Lloyd PackThe Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, D.D.
Athene Seyler (1889-1990)Lady Hunstanton
Marian SpencerLady Caroline Pontefract
Gwen[doline] WatfordMrs Arbuthnot

Additional details

Play tags
19th-century setting; comedy

Print sources

Title
A Woman of No Importance (Archive file)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
Address

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South Bank
London
SE1 8XT
UK

Email

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Website

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Access

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Reference
Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers
Notes
File contains a camera script, Programme as Telecast document, contracts, etc.
Title
Broadcasting Programmes (Newspaper listing)
Reference
The Times, 9 February 1960, p. 6
Title
TV Times, 5 February 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, p. 16; listing, p. 29

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