Brouhaha [scenes]

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of scenes from Brouhaha by George Tabori, televised direct from the Aldwych Theatre, London.

Theatre play

Brouhaha by George Tabori (1914-2007) [more information]

Play synopsis

Political comedy set in a kingdom in the Middle East.

Production history

First produced in Brighton in 1958, and in August 1958 at the Aldwych Theatre, London.

Date of transmission

Thursday 18 September 1958

Time

7.50-8.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Peter Hall

Television Presentation by

John Vernon

Playwright

George Tabori (1914-2007)

Decor

André François

Cast

Timothy Bateson	Uruq Ubaita
Bandana das Gupta	A Sultana
Hugh Dickson	Umm
Jean Dickson	A Sultana
Colin Ellis	Bedridden
Gordon Gostelow	Obeidallah
Lionel Jeffries	Buscombe
Anne Leon	Pamela
Jules Munshin	Stitch Allentock
David Rogers	Afrit
Peter Sellers	The Sultan
John Wood	The Wall

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; Middle East, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Mr Peter Sellers in New Comedy of Middle East (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 28 August 1958, p. 3

Linking notes

n.b. this is a review of the stage production, not the televised excerpt.

Title

Radio Times, 12 September 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and image, p. 19