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The Mock Doctor, Part 3

Summary
Part three of a three-part Rediffusion production for ITV of Molière’s Le Médecin malgré lui, in English translation and given under the title The Mock Doctor. Produced for schools and aimed at children aged 14 and over.
Theatre play
Le Médecin malgré lui by Molière (bap. 1622-1673) [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 27 March 1968
Time
2.31-2.56pm
Series
Schools
Channel
ITV
Production company
Rediffusion (1964-68)

Credits

Director
Charles Warren
Playwright
Molière (bap. 1622-1673)
Translator
A. R. Waller
Designer
Sylva Nadolny
Script Editor
Lester Clark
Cast
Patrick BedfordLucas
Zulema DeneJacqueline
Robert EddisonGéronte
Gareth ForwoodPerrin
Mary MillerMartine
Maureen O’BrienLucinde
Christian RobertsLéandre
Martin StarkieThibaut
Ken WynneSganarelle

Additional details

Later transmissions
Part 3 repeated on Thursday 28 March 1968.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
17th-century setting; comedy; French drama; medical drama
Programme context tags
schools television programming

Print sources

Title
The Mock Doctor (Archive file)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
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Access

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Reference
Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers, file reference ART/932
Notes
File contains camera script, notes for TV Times billing and contracts.
Title
TV Times, 21 March 1968 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 30

Associated programmes

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