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Darkness at Noon

Summary
Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Darkness at Noon by Sidney Kingsley.
Theatre play
Darkness at Noon by Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 15 January 1963
Time
9.15pm
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
Cyril Coke
Playwright
Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995)
Cast
Raymond AdamsonGuard
Katharine BlakeLuba
André ChariseAlbert
Alexis ChesnakovPresident of Crt
Douglas CummingsBogrov
David DaviesIvanov
Lewis FlanderPrisoner 302
Charles KayRichard
Albert LievenRubashov
Steve PlytasPablo
Edward ReesPrisoner 402
Elyn TornaGirl
John WaiteOfficer
Peter WyngardeGletkin
Arnold YarrowLuigi
Zoe ZephyrSecretary

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
adaptation of novel; prison; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Darkness at Noon (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, file reference ART/320/1
Notes
File contains Programme as Telecast documents, contracts, correspondence.
Title
Parade of Ghosts from the Past (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Mervyn Jones
Reference
The Observer, 20 January 1963, p. 33

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