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The School for Scandal

Summary
1959 BBC Television production of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Theatre play
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 28 July 1959
Time
9.30-11.15pm
Series
Television World Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Hal Burton
Playwright
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Designer
Hal Burton
Cast
Felix AylmerSir Peter Teazle
Geoffrey BayldonCrabtree
James BreeMoses
Tony BrittonCharles Surface
Miranda ConnellMaria
Gerald CrossSnake
Alan DarlingGuest at Charles Surface’s house
Sybil EwbankMaid
Alan HaywoodSir Harry Bumper
Bill HorsleyServant to Joseph Surface
Peter MacrielServant to Lady Sneerwell
John MoffatJoseph Surface
Ray MortTrip
Clive MortonRowley
Redmond PhillipsSir Oliver Surface
Joan PlowrightLady Teazle
Neil RobinsonServant to Joseph Surface
Frances RoweLady Sneerwell
John SaundersSir Benjamin Backbite
Athene Seyler (1889-1990)Mrs Candour
Lauriston ShawCareless
John WildingGuest at Charles Surface’s house

Additional details

Play tags
comedy

Audiovisual sources

Title
The School for Scandal (BBC, 1959)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
Awesome Ghost of Knox: BBC’s Fotheringhay (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 31 July 1959, p. 7
Linking notes
passing mention
Title
Cameo View of Sheridan (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 29 July 1959, p. 11
Linking notes
with an image from the production
Title
New Life in an Old School (Review)
Author/creator
Mary Crozier (Reviewer)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 30 July 1959, p. 6
Title
Radio Times, 24 July 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
cover image; listing, p. 13; article, p. 3

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