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Comment: Please add 2 or more reviews in reception about the 1956 TV movie if you can find it. RangersRus (talk) 23:46, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
| Kitty Clive | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography Comedy Drama Family |
| Based on | Kitty Clive |
| Written by | Estelle Holt |
| Starring |
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| Production | |
| Producer | Naomi Capon |
| Production location | England |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Television |
| Release | 27 March 1956 |
Kitty Clive was a 1956 TV play about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive. It was made by the BBC, produced in black and white and screened on 27 March 1956.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Kitty Clive a 18th century comedian gets an acting role in "The Boy Friend" show at the Wyndham's Theatre while her acting friends John Hall and Colley Cibber get an acting role in "The Rivals" at the Saville Theatre.
Cast
[edit]- Denise Hirst as Kitty Clive
- Pauline Winter as Miss Knowles
- Peter Sallis as John Hall
- John Van Eyssen as Robert Wilks
- Jill Balcon as Mrs. Rogers
- William Mervyn as Colley Cibber
- Faith Brook as Nance Oldfield
- Peter Augustine as Playgoer
Reception
[edit]Kitty Clive was broadcast on BBC Television on 27 March 1956 and was later rebroadcast once on BBC Television on 24 April 1956.[3][4][5] The movie is fully intact and is available to watch at the British Film Institute and on TV Brain as well.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kitty Clive (1956)". britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
- ^ "Daily Mirror 27 March 1956". newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kitty Clive (1956)". britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
- ^ "Birmingham Evening Mail 24 April 1956". newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kitty Clive". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Kitty Clive (1956)". tvbrain.info.