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Granite

Summary
1958 BBC Television production of Granite by Clemence Dane, televised from the BBC’s West of England studios.
Theatre play
Granite by Clemence Dane (1888-1965) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 25 November 1958
Time
8.00-9.15pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Brandon Acton-Bond
Playwright
Clemence Dane (1888-1965)
Designer
Desmond Chinn
Cast
Michael AtkinsonProsper
Sylvia DaviesPenny Holt
Thomas HeathcoteJordan Morris
Siân PhillipsJudith
Donald PleasantA Nameless Man
Lockwood WestA Clergyman

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
19th-century setting; adultery / infidelity; Devon, as theme or setting; melodrama; murder

Print sources

Title
Melodramatic Play on Television: Miss Clemence Dane’s Granite (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 26 November 1958, p. 3
Title
Radio Times, 21 November 1958 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article on p.15

Record Stats

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