The Three Daughters of M. Dupont

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of The Three Daughters of M. Dupont, an English translation of Brieux’s comedy of manners.

Theatre play

The Three Daughters of M. Dupont [Les Trois Filles de M. Dupont] by Brieux [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy of manners which exposes the dowry marriage as a cold-blooded business deal which plunges many middle-class girls into marital unhappiness, spinsterhood and even prostitution.

Production history

Dated to 1897.

Date of transmission

Sunday 19 October 1958

Time

8.35-10.15pm

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

Brieux

Adapted for Television by

Michael Voysey

Translator

St John Hankin

Sets / Settings

Guy Sheppard

Cast

Terence Alexander	Lignol
Georgina Cookson	Mme Pouchelet
Paul Daneman	Antonin Mairaut
Fabia Drake	Mme Mairaut
Walter Fitzgerald	M. Dupont
Joyce Heron	Angèle
Angela Krefeld	Junstine
Olga Lindo	Mme Dupont
Olive McFarland	Julie
Robert Sansom	Courthezon
Graham Stuart	M. Mairaut
Rowena Torrance	Françoise
Austin Trevor	M. Pouchelet
Margaret Tyzack	Caroline

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

French drama; marriage

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 17 October 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 13