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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 CubyDe Croiset
Katherine KathCyprine
Bernard KayLloyd Howes
Patricia KnealeBetty Howes
Richard PearsonRobin
Eric PorterMatthew Hardy
Ann ToddCelia 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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