Blood upon the Rose [Act 1]

Summary
1957 BBC Television presentation of Act 1 of Blood upon the Rose, performed by the Scottish Perth Theatre Company before an invited audience in the Lauriston Hall, Edinburgh. The production was one of the fringe events of the 11th Edinburgh International Festivals.
Theatre play
Blood upon the Rose by George Scott-Moncrieff [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 27 August 1957
Time
10.00-10.45pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC
Theatre company
Perth Repertory Theatre Company, Scotland

Credits

Director
Wilfred Bentley
Television Presentation by
Michael Henderson
Playwright
George Scott-Moncrieff
Sets / Settings
Mary Purvis
Cast
Peter Noel CookNicolai
Joanna DarrillElizabet Jannik
Valerie LushAgata Troi
Edith MacarthurVava Jannik
Leonard MaguireProfessor Lorent Jannik
Una McLeanJulie Jannik
Danny MoynihanStepan Jannik
David SteuartKosmos Jannik
Brian WhittleKablat

Additional details

Play tags
Edinburgh Festival and Fringe; Hungary, as theme or setting; revolution; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Looking and Listening: Cold Message for the 10,000,000 (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Joan Newton (Reviewer)
Reference
The Catholic Herald, 20 September 1957, p. 5
Title
Perth Repertory Plans: No Amalgamation with Dundee Company (Newspaper article)
Reference
The Times, 3 August 1957, p. 8
Linking notes
brief reference to the stage production
Title
Radio Times, 27 August 1937 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing on p. 17

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