Frost at Midnight

Summary

1957 BBC Television production of Frost at Midnight, and English translation of Obey’s French play.

Theatre play

Frost at Midnight [Les trois coups de minuit] by André Obey (1892-1975) [more information]

Play synopsis

A tale of 14th-century mummers in Warwickshire whose nativity play has no audience.

Production history

Premiere: Oxford Playhouse, February 1957.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 19 November 1957

Time

8.02pm (88 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Peter Dews

Playwright

André Obey (1892-1975)

Translator

Warren Tute (1914-1989) (from the French)

Designer

Charles Carroll

Cast

Doreen Aris	Alice Arden
Michael Bates	Scott
Geoffrey Bayldon	Blackwill
Alan Bridges	Tom Dodger
Lewis Gedge	Charles Goodlack
Chris Gittins	Hodge
Timothy Harley	Johnny Greene
Bernard Hepton	Lowell
George Selway	George Bradmore

Additional details

Play tags

14th-century setting; Christmas; Midlands, as theme or setting; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 15 November 1957 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing on p. 15