A Phoenix Too Frequent
A Phoenix Too Frequent is a stage play by Christopher Fry.
It has been adapted for television at least 10 times. A possible 11th version may have aired as part of British series ITV Television Playhouse in 1959, but this is not confirmed.
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1946 version
A version aired in 1946 on the BBC. Cast included Hermione Hannen, Eleanor Summerfield and Alan Wheatley. Broadcast live, this transmission was not recorded, and as such the broadcast is lost.[1]
1951 version
A version aired in 1951 as part of British television series BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. Cast included Jessie Evans, Diana Graves and John Justin.[2] This version aired live, and the live transmission was not recorded.[3]
1955 version (UK)
A version aired in 1955, again on the BBC. Cast included George Cole, Jessie Evans and Noelle Middleton.[4] This version aired live, and a telerecording still exists of the program.[5]
1955 version (West Germany)
A version aired 1955 on West German television. Cast included Sigrid Marquardt, Käte Jaenicke and Günther König.[6]
1956 version
A version aired in 1956 on Danish television.[7]
1957 version
A version aired in 1957 on Australian television, on the ABC. Produced by Paul O'Loughlin, it aired live in Sydney on July 24th 1957. A telerecording (kinescope) was made of the broadcast and later shown in Melbourne on September 11th 1957.[8] Cast included Dinah Shearing, James Condon and Audrey Teesdale. Archival status of this version is not known.
1959 version
A version aired in 1959 on Swiss television. Cast included Ingeborg Luescher, Beatrice Schweizer and Wolfgang Schwarz.[9]
1960 version
Per IMDb, a version aired 1960 on Finnish television.[10]
1963 version
A version aired in 1963 on West German television. Cast included Dinah Hinz, Charles Brauer and Angelika Hurwicz.[11]
1966 versions
A version aired in 1966 on Austrian television. Cast included Christiane Hörbiger, Carla Hagen and Walter Reyer.[12]
The ABC produced a version in Melbourne in the same year, airing on July 6th 1966. The play starred Sean Scully, Lynette Curran, and Fay Kelton, and was produced by Oscar Whitbread.[13]
References
- ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=d5147a71-9b27-4aef-a205-57939e3b46f9
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270146/
- ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7f0b22b3-59fa-484f-8c5a-26e28a10597d
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66047
- ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=a+phoenix+too+frequent
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427666/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848502/
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240%2C559215
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547458/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449213/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547459/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547460/
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K69PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7104%2C4997099
