A Touch of the Sun [Act 1]
- Summary
- 1958 BBC production of Act 1 of N. C. Hunter’s A Touch of the Sun, televised directly from the Saville Theatre, London, by arrangement with Tennent Productions Ltd.
- Theatre play
- A Touch of the Sun by N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 11 February 1958
- Time
- 8.00-8.40pm
- Series
- Theatre Night
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Frith Banbury
- Television Presentation by
- John Vernon
- Playwright
- N. C. [Norman Charles] Hunter (1908-1971)
- Sets / Settings
- Reece Pemberton
- Cast
Louise Allbritton Margaret Lester Dinsdale Landen John Lester Anthony Oliver Denis Lester Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) Philip Lester Vanessa Redgrave Caroline Lester Ronald Squire Robert Lester James Sutherland Peter Hudson Diana Wynyard Mary Lester
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- France, as theme or setting; marriage
Print sources
- Title
- A Touch of the Sun, by N. C. Hunter (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Spectator, 7 February 1958, p. 18
- Linking notes
- n.b. this is a review of the stage production, not the televised excerpt.
- Title
- Radio Times, 7 February 1958 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing and article, pp. 7 and 13
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