Foreign Field
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of Foreign Field, which the Radio Times bills as ‘A television play by Michael Voysey, based on the play by Mary Hayley Bell’ (Radio Times, 12 June 1959, p. 15).
- Theatre play
- Foreign Field by Mary Hayley Bell (1911-2005) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Thursday 18 June 1959
- Time
- 8.45-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Eric Tayler
- Playwright
- Mary Hayley Bell (1911-2005)
- Adapted for Television by
- Michael Voysey
- Designer
- Guy Sheppard
- Cast
Ronald Adam (1896-1979) Mr Priestman Joseph Cuby De Croiset Katherine Kath Cyprine Bernard Kay Lloyd Howes Patricia Kneale Betty Howes Richard Pearson Robin Eric Porter Matthew Hardy Ann Todd Celia Clive
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- France, as theme or setting; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Foreign Field: Pathos and Truth Break Through (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 19 June 1959, p. 7
- Title
- Radio Times, 12 June 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 15
- Title
- Return of an Embarrassing Heroine (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 19 June 1959, p. 15
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