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Rollo [excerpt]

Summary
1959 BBC Television presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from Rollo, an English version of Marcel Achard’s comedy Patate, from the Strand Theatre London, by arrangement with Henry Sherek.
Theatre play
Rollo [Patate] by Marcel Achard [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 10 November 1959
Time
9.00-9.45pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Frank Hauser
Television Presentation by
John Vernon
Playwright
Marcel Achard
Translator
Felicity Douglas (into English)
Sets / Settings
Michael Richardson
Cast
Nicolette BernardVéronique Carradine
Gwen CherrellEdith Rollo
Jacqueline EllisAlexa
Ferdy MayneNoel Carradine
Leo McKernMonsieur Léon Rollo

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; French drama

Print sources

Title
Marcel Achard’s Biggest Success for Oxford Playhouse (Newspaper article)
Reference
The Times, 24 September 1959, p. 5
Title
Radio Times, 6 November 1959 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, p. 4; listing, p. 15

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