Learning on ScreenThe Infinite Shoeblack
- Summary
- 1952 BBC Television production of The Infinite Shoeblack by Norman Macowan.
- Theatre play
- The Infinite Shoeblack by Norman Macowan (1877-1961) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 23 September 1952
- Time
- 8.50-10.30pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Peter Coles
- Producer
- Michael Barry
- Playwright
- Norman Macowan (1877-1961)
- Sets / Settings
- Stephen Bundy
- Cast
Charles Baptiste an unnamed part Douglas Blackwell an unnamed part Max Brent an unnamed part Robert Brown Andrew Berwick Cecile Chevreau An Austrian Lady Andrew Cruickshank A Voice Mischa de la Motte A French Civilian Hazel Douglas an unnamed part Ann Duncaneon an unnamed part Dorothy Gordon Lizzie Agnes Lauchlan Mrs Smart Ian Lubbock Ralph Mayne Jean Marsh an unnamed part Mary Merrall Mrs Willis Yvonne Mitchell Mary Donald Morley Captain Cheeney Evelyn Roberts Doctor Ralston
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Egypt, as theme or setting; Scotland, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 10 October 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- 'Viewers’ Views: A Rag Doll’, p. 49
- Title
- Radio Times, 19 September 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 45; listing, p. 47
- Title
- Television (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- C. A. Lejeune
- Reference
- The Observer, 5 October 1952, p. 10
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