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The Grass is Greener [excerpt]

Summary
1959 BBC presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from Hugh and Margaret Williams’ comedy The Grass is Greener, televised from St Martin’s Theatre, London.
Theatre play
The Grass is Greener by Margaret Williams and Hugh Williams [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 29 September 1959
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Jack Minster
Television Presentation by
John Vernon
Playwright
Hugh Williams
Playwright
Margaret Williams
Cast
Joan GreenwoodHattie
Rachel Gurney
Celia JohnsonHilary
Edward UnderdownCharles
Moray WatsonSellars
Hugh WilliamsVictor

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
America, as theme or setting; comedy

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 25 September 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing and article
Title
The Grass is Greener: Toy Figures with Doll-Like Life (Newspaper review of stage production)
Reference
The Times, 3 December 1958, p. 14

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