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Three Sisters

Summary
Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, directed by Joan Kemp-Welch.
Theatre play
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 3 September 1963
Time
9.45pm
Series
Play of the Week
Channel
ITV
Production company
Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906-1999)
Playwright
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Adaptor of Script
Leo Lehman
Translator
Kitty Black
Translator
Miki Iveria
Designer
Fred Pusey
Costume Designer
Sheila Jackson
Cast
Hilda BarryAnfissa
Ann BellIrina
Jill BennettMasha
Tad Burner2nd Lt. Roday
Ann CunninghamNatasha
Gerald FloodCapt. Soleny
Margaret GordonOlga
Kenneth GriffithLt. Touzenbach
Griffith JonesLt. Col. Vershinin
Frederick PeisleyFerapont
Wensley PitheyDr Cheboutikin
John Quayle2nd Lt. Fedotik
John WoodKouligin
Peter WoodthorpeAndrei

Additional details

Play tags
Russian drama

Audiovisual sources

Title
Three Sisters (ITV, 1963)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
Address

BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XT
UK

Email

Use the contact form at http://www.bfi.org.uk/form/contact-bfi-library

Website

http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library/visiting-bfi-reuben-library

Access

The BFI Library is open from 10.30am to 7.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Access to special collections material is by appointment.

Print sources

Title
Chekhov Cut Short (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 4 September 1963, p. 13
Title
Three Sisters (Archive file)
Archive
BFI Reuben Library [more information]
Address

BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XT
UK

Email

Use the contact form at http://www.bfi.org.uk/form/contact-bfi-library

Website

http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/bfi-reuben-library/visiting-bfi-reuben-library

Access

The BFI Library is open from 10.30am to 7.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Access to special collections material is by appointment.

Reference
Special Collections, Associated-Rediffusion Television papers
Notes
File contains camera script; photograph; cast list; programme-as-telecast document; contracts etc.
Title
TV Times, 1 September 1963 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 29

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