An Ideal Husband

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

Theatre play

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde [more information]

Play synopsis

'An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ideal_Husband.

Production history

Premiered at Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 3 January 1895. First published in 1899.

Date of transmission

Sunday 28 December 1958

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Hal Burton

Playwright

Oscar Wilde

Designer

Hal Burton

Cast

Maurice Belfer	unnamed part
Tony Britton	Viscount Goring
Faith Brook	Mrs Cheveley
Andrew Cruickshank	Earl of Caversham
Nicholas Grimshaw	unnamed part
Elvi Hale	Mabel Chiltern
Sarah Lawson	Lady Chiltern
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	Sir Robert Chiltern
Marie Löhr	Lady Markby
Michael Moore	unnamed part
Brian Moorehead	unnamed part

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; comedy; Edwardian drama; melodrama; politics; sexuality (and morality, politics etc)

Print sources

Title

A Great Piece of Acting (Magazine review)

Reference

The Listener, 1 January 1959, pp. 34-35

Linking notes

with image

Title

Bright Periods, Air Frost (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Sunday Times, 4 January 1959, p. 12

Title

Massacre in the Mediterranean (Newspaper review)

Author/creator

Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)

Reference

The Observer, 4 January 1959, p. 12

Title

Radio Times, 26 December 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, with image, p. 9