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 Aylmer Sir Peter Teazle Geoffrey Bayldon Crabtree James Bree Moses Tony Britton Charles Surface Miranda Connell Maria Gerald Cross Snake Alan Darling Guest at Charles Surface’s house Sybil Ewbank Maid Alan Haywood Sir Harry Bumper Bill Horsley Servant to Joseph Surface Peter Macriel Servant to Lady Sneerwell John Moffat Joseph Surface Ray Mort Trip Clive Morton Rowley Redmond Phillips Sir Oliver Surface Joan Plowright Lady Teazle Neil Robinson Servant to Joseph Surface Frances Rowe Lady Sneerwell John Saunders Sir Benjamin Backbite Athene Seyler (1889-1990) Mrs Candour Lauriston Shaw Careless John Wilding Guest 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]
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White City
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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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