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Figure of Fun

Summary
1959 BBC Television production of Figure of Fun, an English adaptation of André Roussin’s French comedy.
Theatre play
Figure of Fun by André Roussin (1911-1987) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 23 August 1959
Time
8.00-9.30pm
Series
Sunday-Night Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Stephen Harrison
Playwright
André Roussin (1911-1987)
Translator
Arthur Macrae ('English adaptation by’)
Designer
Susan Spence
Cast
Maxine AudleyRegine
Jill BennettAnne-MArie
Nan Brauntonunnamed part
Paul DanemanFreddie
Rowena GregoryMuriel
Winifred Hillunnamed part
Jeremy LonghurstPC Fox
Erica Markhamunnamed part
Mollie Maureenunnamed part
Brian OultonEdgar
Malou PanteraMinouche
Ronnie StevensJacques Lambert
Totti Truman TaylorAunt Louise
John WynyardStage Director

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; France, as theme or setting; French drama; marriage; theatre or acting, as theme

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 21 August 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 9, with photograph
Title
Stage & Convents (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Maurice Richardson (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 30 August 1959, p. 13

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