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.

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

  1. ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=d5147a71-9b27-4aef-a205-57939e3b46f9
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270146/
  3. ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7f0b22b3-59fa-484f-8c5a-26e28a10597d
  4. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66047
  5. ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=a+phoenix+too+frequent
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427666/
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848502/
  8. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_lERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240%2C559215
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547458/
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449213/
  11. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547459/
  12. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547460/
  13. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K69PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7104%2C4997099
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