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Not in the Book [scene]

Summary
1958 BBC Television production of Not in the Book by Arthur Watkyn, televised directly from the Criterion Theatre, London, by arrangement with Henry Sherek.
Theatre play
Not in the Book by Arthur Watkyn (1907-1965) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 16 December 1958
Time
8.00pm (45 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Nigel Patrick
Television Presentation by
John Vernon
Playwright
Arthur Watkyn (1907-1965)
Designer
Hutchinson Scott
Cast
Peter FrenchMichael
Philip GuardTimothy Gregg
Charles HeslopColonel Barstow
Avice LandoneSylvia Bennett
Michael NightingaleDoctor Locke
Sydney [or Sidney] TaflerPedro Juarez
Wilfrid Hyde WhiteAndrew Bennett
Martin WyldeckInspector Malcolm

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; poetry and literature, as theme

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 12 December 1958 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article, p. 11
Title
Stuff of Light Comedy: Not in the Book (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Philip Hope-Wallace (Reviewer)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 3 April 1958, p. 5
Linking notes
n.b. this is a review of the stage production, not the televised excerpt.

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