Christmas in the Market-Place

Summary
BBC production for Children’s Television of Christmas in the Market-Place, Eric Crozier’s English translation and adaptation for television of Henri Ghéon’s French play. Crozier transferred the action ‘to a small English country-town’, making the travellers who are central to the play ‘Irish tinkers’ (Eric Crozier, ‘A Seasonal Play: Christmas in the Market-Place’, Radio Times, 21 December 1956, p. 17).
Theatre play
Christmas in the Market-Place by Henri Ghéon (1875-1944) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 23 December 1956
Time
5.15pm
Series
Children’s Television
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Dorothea Brooking
Playwright
Henri Ghéon (1875-1944)
Adapted for Television by
Eric Crozier (1914-1994)
Translator
Eric Crozier (1914-1994) (from the French)
Cast
Kathleen BarringtonMaria
Alexander Beaumonta minor role
Tom Bella minor role
Claude Bonsera minor role
Madge Brindleya minor role
Maureen DelanyColumba, Wife of Melchior
Patrick Duggana minor role
David Graina minor role
Edward Higginsa minor role
Harry HutchinsonMelchior
Elizabeth Jamesa minor role
Patricia Lehanea minor role
Patrick Milnera minor role
Robert [Bob] MooneyJoey, son of Melchior and Columba
Torlogh O’BoyleBruno
Dominica More O’Ferralla minor role
Nicholas Selbya minor role
Sally Traversa minor role

Additional details

Play tags
Christmas; French drama

Print sources

Title
Christmas past at the BBC: the second half of the 1950s. Part 1 (Blog article)
Author/creator
Amanda Wrigley (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/christmas-past-bbc-1950s-1, published 28 December 2012
Title
Music and Drama at Christmas: BBC TV Programmes (Newspaper article)
Reference
The Guardian, 12 December 1956, p. 14
Title
Radio Times, 21 December 1956 (Newspaper review)
Linking notes
pp. 16 and 17, listing and article

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