Learning on ScreenWhat the Public Wants
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of the comedy What the Public Wants by Arnold Bennett.
- Theatre play
- What the Public Wants by Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 4 October 1959
- Time
- 8.50-10.20pm
- Series
- Sunday-Night Theatre
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Cotes
- Playwright
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
- Designer
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
Carl Bernard Dr Worgan Dorothy Black Mrs Worgan Hugh Burden Francis Worgan Eric Dodson Samuel Cleland Geoffrey Dunn Simon Macquoid Jane Eccles Mrs Downes Charmian Eyre Mrs Cleland Daphne Forman Page Girl Hazel Graeme Servant in Dr Worgan’s House Dulcie Gray Emily Vernon Michael Logan James Brindley Campbell Singer Saul Kendrick Paul Streather Edward Brindley Elizabeth Wallace Annie Worgan Edgar Wreford Holt St John Patrick Wymark Sir Charles Worgan
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; journalism / the press / newspapers
Print sources
- Title
- A Poor Specimen of New Writing (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 6 October 1959, p. 7
- Title
- No Need for Benzedrine (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Maurice Richardson (Author)
- Reference
- The Observer, 11 October 1959, p. 15
- Title
- Not-So-Good Bennett: Wit Spread Thin (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Times, 5 October 1959, p. 14
- Title
- Radio Times, 2 October 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing and article, with photograph, on p. 1[3?]
- Title
- Seers and Sages (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 5 October 1959, p. 6
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