A Day in the Life of ... [scenes]

Summary
1959 BBC presentation of scenes from the comedy A Day in the Life of ... by Jack Popplewell, televised directly from the Savoy Theatre, London where it was performed before an invited audience.
Theatre play
A Day in the Life of ... by Jack Popplewell (1911-1996) [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 5 March 1959
Time
8.45pm (40 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC
Theatre company
Savoy Theatre, London

Credits

Director
Charles Hickman
Television Presentation by
Dennis Monger
Playwright
Jack Popplewell (1911-1996)
Decor
Peter Rice
Cast
Therese BurtonStella
Robert DesmondSid
Gabrielle HamiltonMiss Johnson
Roy HawksworthWaiter
David LanderLuigi
Pamela LaneLaura Mallorie
Alfred MarksJohn Mallorie
Kenneth WarrenJerry
Naunton WayneHarry

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy

Print sources

Title
A Day in the Life of ... (Newspaper review of stage production)
Author/creator
T. C. Worsley (Reviewer)
Reference
The Financial Times, 3 October 1958, p. 13
Title
Radio Times, 27 February 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and photograph on p. 19

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