Noah

Summary: 1960 BBC production of Noah, an English translation of André Obey’s Noé.
Theatre play: Noah [Noé] by André Obey (1892-1975) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The voyage begins auspiciously enough with Noah, his wife, his three sons and three of the neighbors’ girls embarking with the animals on the ark. When the rain ends, the grand beauty of the great waters fills them with rejoicing and they dance around the deck in the dawn of a golden age. But Ham, the canker of the old world, has crept on board. He doubts. He taunts his shipmates with old misgivings and Noah becomes the story of a kindly old man who grows lonely in his faith, who pilots his craft safely to shore in the midst of doubts, and who is rudely deserted by the young folk the moment they touch foot to land.' Source: http://www.stageplays.com/products/noah.
Production history: Written 1929-1930, and first performed in France in 1931. Arthur Wilmurt’s English translation was first presented at the New Theatre, London on 2 July 1935 in a production by Michel Saint-Denis. John Gielgud took the role of Noah. The English text was published by Heinemann in 1935.
Date of transmission: Friday 15 April 1960
Time: 6.10-7.25pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Joy Harington

Playwright

André Obey (1892-1975)

Translator

Arthur Wilmurt

Sets / Settings

Richard Henry

Cast

Title: Noah (BBC, 1960)
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Title: Radio Times, 8 April 1960 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing, p. 16; plus illustrated article in The Junior Radio Times supplement, p. 1

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