The Philadelphia Story

Summary

1959 BBC Television production of the comedy The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry.

Theatre play

The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry (1896-1949) [more information]

Play synopsis

This comedy tells the story of a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. Set in Philadelphia in the present.

Production history

Dated to 1939.

Date of transmission

Sunday 14 June 1959

Time

8.25-10.00pm

Series

Sunday-Night Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

Playwright

Philip Barry (1896-1949)

Designer

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Michael Craig	C. K. Dexter Haven
Alan Gifford	William
Nicholas Grimshaw	Dr Parsons
Bryan Kendrick	Edward
David Knight	Macaulay
Paul Massie	Alexander Lord
Edna McKenzie	Elsie
John McLaren	Seth Lord
Perlita Neilson	Dinah Lord
Stuart Nichol	George Kittredge
Arthur Ridley	Thomas
Madge Ryan	Margaret Lord
Elizabeth Sellars	Tracy Lord
Barbara Shelley	Elizabeth

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

America, as theme or setting; marriage

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 June 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and illustrated article on p. 9

Title

To-Day’s TV and Radio (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Observer, 14 June 1959, p. 13