| When We Are Married |
1945 production by the Dronfield Players |
| Written by |
J. B. Priestley |
| Date premiered |
1938 |
| Place premiered |
London |
| Original language |
English |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Setting |
Sitting Room of Alderman Helliwell's House in Clecklewyke, a Town in the North of England |
| IBDB profile |
When We Are Married is a 1938 play by English dramatist, J. B. Priestley. It is the first play ever to be televised unedited from a theatre.[1]
[edit] Productions
- 1938 World premiere, London, England
- 16 November 1938 BBC live telecast[1]
- 25 December 1939 Broadway premiere, Lyceum Theatre, New York City
- 5 March 1985 West End Whitehall Theatre, London[2]
- July - August 1996 Chichester Festival Theatre
- April 2009 West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds (Cast included Les Dennis, Paul Bown and Jodie McNee)
- July - August 2009 Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota[3]
- 27 October 2010 - 26 February 2011, Garrick Theatre, London (Cast included Sam Kelly, Maureen Lipman, Lynda Baron and Jodie McNee who previously appeared in the 2009 Leeds production.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Trivia for When We Are Married (1938)". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379009/trivia. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Trafalgar Studios Whitehall, London, SW1 Formerly The Whitehall Theatre:". The Music Hall and Theatre Site. 2008. http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/TrafalgarStudios.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ http://www.guthrietheater.org/whats_happening/shows/2008/when_we_are_married
[edit] Further reading
- Priestley, J. B. (1938). When We Are Married: A Yorkshire Farcical Comedy (French's acting ed.). London: Samuel French. ISBN 0573014760.
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