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Colombe

Summary
1960 BBC production of an English translation of Colombe by Jean Anouilh.
Theatre play
Colombe by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 17 January 1960
Time
8.00pm
Series
Twentieth Century Theatre
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Naomi Capon
Playwright
Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)
Adaptor of Script
Denis Cannan
Translator
Denis Cannan (from French to English)
Composer
John Hotchkis
Conductor
John Hotchkis
Designer
Fanny Taylor
Costume Supervisor
Elizabeth Agombar
Make-up Supervisor
Jill Summers
Cast
Patrick Blackwell
Newton Blick
Sean Connery
Freda Jackson
Renny Lister
Michael Mara
Roger Ostime
Joseph O’Conor
Richard Pasco (1926-)
Françoise Rosay
Peter Sallis
William Thomley
Dorothy Tutin
Patrick Wymark

Additional details

Play tags
French drama; military / army / navy / air-force; theatre or acting, as theme

Audiovisual sources

Title
Colombe (BBC, 1960)
Archive
BFI Research Viewing Service [more information]
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Access

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Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 1 January 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
brief mention in article, p. 2
Title
Radio Times, 15 January 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes
cover image; article with photograph, p. 3; listing with photograph, p. 13

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