She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night

Summary: The Radio Times dated 30 December 1955 describes this production as ‘A special television matinée by Final Students of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [...] From the Vanbrugh Theatre, London’. The costumes and set were made by the students of the Theatre Department of the Central School of Arts and Crafts.
Theatre play: She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night by Oliver Goldsmith [more information]
Play synopsis: In this comedy the wealthy countryman Mr Hardcastle arranges for his daughter Kate to meet Charles Marlow, the son of a wealthy Londoner, hoping the pair will marry. Unfortunately Marlow is nervous around upper-class women, yet the complete opposite around women of lower-class, thus Kate ‘stoops to conquer’ by posing as a maid, hoping to put Marlow at his ease; he falls for her and they become engaged. The main sub-plot is the secret romance between Miss Constance Neville, another young woman who lives with the Hardcastles, and Marlow’s friend George Hastings, who also become engaged.
Production history: First performed in London in 1773.
Date of transmission: Friday 6 January 1956
Time: 2.45pm (120 mins)
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC
Theatre company: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)

Directors

Edward Burnham, Dennis Monger

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Title: Radio Times, 30 December 1955 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing on p. 44 and article by Edward Burnham, entitled ‘RADA Students in a Goldsmith comedy’ and illustrated with three b&w images, on p. 5

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