The Bachelors

Summary: Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Julian Bond’s The Bachelors.
Theatre play: The Bachelors by Julian Bond [more information]
Play synopsis: 'No money, a huge house and an impossible old uncle. These are the problems that Leon de Coantre has to live with. When another of his aristocratic family offers help, he accepts, unsuspectingly’ (source: press booklet, BFI archive file for 1964 Rediffusion production of the play).
Production history: From the 1934 French novel by Henry de Montherlant.
Date of transmission: Monday 23 November 1964
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Director

Tania Lieven

Playwright

Julian Bond

Original Book by

Henry de Montherlant (1895-1972)

Translator

Terence Kilmartin

Designer

John Clements (1910-1988)

Executive Producer

Antony Kearey

Cast

Max Adrian	Elie
Margaret Courtenay	Madame
Edward Fox	Papon
David Graham	Bourdillon
John Le Mesurier	Coetquidan
Audine Leith	Simone de Bauret
Jeremy Longhurst	Gibout
David Markham	Leon
Phyllis Montefiore	Drunken Tart
Edward Phillips	Cafe Proprietor
Anthony Sagar	Chandelier
Marian Spencer	The Marquise de Vauthiers-Bethancourt
Anthony Viccars	Priest
Jeremy Ward	Office Boy

Title: The Bachelors (Archive files)
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Reference: Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers, file reference ART/79/1-6 (two files)
Notes: Files contain Programme as Telecast document, contracts, music cue sheet, cast list and press booklet.

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