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  1. Lysistrata (BBC, 1964)

    Lysistrata by Aristophanes
    BBC Television (Festival)
    Director
    Prudence FitzGerald

    This BBC production of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata appears to be the first British television production of an ancient Greek comedy, as well as the second BBC production of a Greek drama, following on from...

  2. The Queen Came By (BBC, 1960)

    The Queen Came By by R. F. [Ronald Frederick] Delderfield (1912-1972)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Hal Burton

    1960 BBC production of R. F. Delderfield’s The Queen Came By, featuring Thora Hird in the role she created when the play was first produced in London in 1948. This was the first time that Hird and her...

  3. This Desirable Residence (BBC, 1959)

    This Desirable Residence by A. R. Rawlinson
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Eric Tayler

    1959 BBC Television production of This Desirable Residence by A. R. Rawlinson.

  4. Laburnum Grove (BBC, 1957)

    Laburnum Grove by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
    BBC Television (Sunday-Night Theatre)
    Producer
    Gerard Glaister

    BBC production of J. B. Priestley’s Laburnum Grove.

  5. Mrs Gibbons’ Boys [excerpt] (BBC, 1957)

    Mrs Gibbons’ Boys by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein
    BBC Television
    Director
    Hugh Goldie

    BBC presentation of a 45-minute excerpt from the comedy Mrs Gibbons’ Boys by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein, transmitted from a special performance at the Westminster Theatre, London.

  6. The Comedy of Errors (1956)

    The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
    ITV (Play of the Week)
    Director
    Lionel Harris

    1956 ITV transmission of the H. M. Tennent Globe Theatre presentation of a musical version of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, performed by the Arts Theatre Club. This musical version was broadcast in a...