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  1. The Ides of March (BBC, 1964)

    The Ides of March by Jerome Kilty (1922-2012)
    BBC2 (Theatre 625)
    Director
    Cedric Messina

    1964 BBC2 production of The Ides of March, Jerome Kilty’s adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s novel. This was the first in a series of two plays on the theme of political assassination; the second, which went...

  2. The Skin of Our Teeth (Granada Television, 1959)

    The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    ITV (Play of the Week)
    Director
    Henry Kaplan

    Granada Television production for ITV of The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder. This was the first television performance by Vivien Leigh who had played the same role on the stage in 1945.

  3. The Long Christmas Dinner (BBC, 1957)

    The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Finlay J. Macdonald

    1957 BBC Television production of Thornton Wilder’s The Long Christmas Dinner.

  4. Our Town (BBC, 1957)

    Our Town by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television (Sunday-Night Theatre)
    Producer
    Alvin Rakoff

    BBC production of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town.

  5. A Life in the Sun [Act 1] (BBC, 1955)

    A Life in the Sun by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Tyrone Guthrie

    1955 BBC presentation of Act 1 of A Life in the Sun by Thornton Wilder, from the stage of the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, the specific space for which this play was written, performed before an invited...

  6. The Matchmaker [excerpt] (BBC, 1954)

    The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television

    1954 live BBC outside broadcast of an excerpt from Thornton Wilder’s farce The Matchmaker, televised in a special performance before an invited audience from the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, by arrangement...

  7. The Long Christmas Dinner (BBC, 1949)

    The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Kevin Sheldon

    1949 BBC Television production of Thornton Wilder’s The Long Christmas Dinner.

  8. Love and How to Cure It (BBC, 1946)

    Love and How to Cure It by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Royston Morley

    1946 BBC live studio production of Thornton Wilder’s one-act play Love and How to Cure It.

  9. Queens of France (BBC, 1938)

    Queens of France by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Eric Crozier (1914-1994)

    This BBC production of Thornton Wilder’s Queens of France featured specially written music based on phrases from La Marseillaise.

  10. The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden (BBC, 1937)

    The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
    BBC Television
    Producer
    Eric Crozier (1914-1994)

    BBC Television production of Thornton Wilder’s comedy The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden. The Radio Times Television Supplement (18 June 1937, p. 4) notes that ‘This is probably the first production...